Characters
- Mother Vera - Abby's godmother, a folk healer
- Abyssinia "Abby" Jackson - A sixteen year-old girl, a praise singer
- Patience Jackson - Abby's mother, a seamstress
- Lucas Jackson - Abby's father, a farmer
- Trembling Sally - Abby's nemesis, lives in the woods like a wild thing
- Lily Noreen Lewis - Abby's best friend
- Minister - Pastor of the Stillwater Solid Rock Baptist Church
- Corine - Elder of the church, laundress
- Mavis - Elder of the church, Corine's sister, laundress
- Selma - Elder of the church, their cousin, a spinster
- Mother Samuels - A frail, elderly woman
- Brother Samuels - Deacon of the church, field foreman
- Marcus, Jesse and Leon - Ponca City Boys
(Marcus, Jesse and Leon double as members of the congregation.)
(Lily Noreen Lewis doubles as Mother Samuels.)
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