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20 Cards in this Set
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Serafin Pascala
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patriarch of the Pascala family, husband of Amalia
honest man working to pull his family out of poverty and essential slavery |
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Amalia Pascala
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wife of Serafin, mother of Angelina/Osvaldo/Isola
longs for her homeland, resentful of her husband for being foolish enough to bring the family to Sweet Hope |
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Angelina Pascala
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(14 yrs old) oldest child of Serafin & Amalia, in love with Calvin Hall, becomes pregnant with his child
object of lust for plantation manager Lee Horton |
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Osvaldo Pascala
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son of Amalia and Serafin, obsessed with tinkering/building contraptions esp. his flying machine
inadvertently kills Lee Horton, struck by lightening |
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Isola Pascala
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youngest child of Serafin & Amalia, friends with Birdie, potentially lesbian?
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Step Hall
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patriarch of the Hall family, married to Fancy
middleman btwn plantation management and IT workers |
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Fancy Hall
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wife of Step, mother of Calvin, Tobe, Birdie
hard but kind woman, takes the IT women and children under her wing |
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Calvin Hall
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eldest son of Step & Fancy, works at the lumber mill
falls in love, impregnates Angelina |
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Tobe Hall
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middle child of Step & Fancy, friends with Osvalo, saved from drowning in the river by Serafin
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Birdie Hall
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youngest, daughter of Step & Fancy, friends with Isola but has her eye on a boy her age
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Lazzaro
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Italian friend of Serafin's on Sweet Hope
tries to jump contract, but is captured and punished |
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Fiorenza
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wife of Lazzaro, Amalia's best friend
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La Vecchia
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mother of Fiorenza, very old and senile
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Fred Titus
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Step Hall's friend, married to Lud
father of Lecie, JoeJack |
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Lud Titus
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wife of Fred, mother of JoeJack, Lecie
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JoeJack Titus
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nearly grown son of Fred & Lud, yearning to be treated as an adult
works in lumber mill |
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Lecie Titus
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daughter of Fred & Lud, very quiet
raped by, bears child of Lee Horton |
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Harlan Gates
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absent owner of Sweet Hope plantation who's simultaneously running for US Senatorial seat
seemingly benevolent, but really only cares about profit, reputation, his political aspiration |
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Lee Horton
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wicked, racist plantation manager under Lee Horton
rapes Lecie Titus, after Angelina, kills Calvin as revenge for his and his father's supposed insolence |
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Father Odetti
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Catholic priest hired to attend to the Italian's spiritual needs, initially just a puppet of the white management
finally realizes the suffering of his congregation, attempts to help them win the trial against Lee Horton |
