Leading Characters of the Story
Scene: The Foothills of North Carolina—Boston—New York Time: From 1865 to 1900
| Charles Gaston | Who dreams of a Governor's Mansion |
| Sallie Worth | A daughter of the old fashioned South |
| Gen. Daniel Worth | Her father |
| Mrs. Worth | Sallie's mother |
| The Rev. John Durham | A preacher who threw his life away |
| Mrs. Durham | Of the Southern Army that never surrendered |
| Tom Camp | A one-legged Confederate soldier |
| Flora | Tom's little daughter |
| Simon Legree | Ex-slave driver and Reconstruction leader |
| Allan McLeod | A Scalawag |
| Hon. Everett Lowell | Member of Congress from Boston |
| Helen Lowell | His daughter |
| Miss Susan Walker | A maiden of Boston |
| Major Stuart Dameron | Chief of the Ku Klux Klan |
| Hose Norman | A dare-devil poor white man |
| Nelse | A black hero of the old régime |
| Aunt Eve | His wife—"a respectable woman." |
| Hon. Tim Shelby | Political boss of the new era |
| Hon. Pete Sawyer | Sold seven times, got the money once |
| George Harris, Jr | An Educated Negro, son of Eliza |
| Dick | An unsolved riddle |
