Paul F Garner One of Sweet Home's three Pauls who is sold to an unspecified owner shortly after Mr. Garner's death so Mrs. Garner has money to run the plantation.
Whitlow Baby Suggs's former owner in Carolina who named her Jenny Whitlow on the bill of sale.
Hi Man The black convict in the Georgia prison with Paul D who signals that other inmates can rise from their kneeling position, shuffle off on their common chain, and begin the day's work.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Amy Denver's master and mistress. Mr. Buddy, as vicious as a slave overseer, is said to "whip you for looking at him straight."
Ella One of Baby Suggs's neighbors in Cincinnati who escorts Sethe and Denver from the riverbank to Baby Suggs's house when they first arrive. Years later, she organizes the local women to exorcise Beloved from the house.
Janey Wagon A house servant in the Bodwin home.
Lady Jones A woman of mixed heritage and neighbor of Baby Suggs who offers lessons to the neighborhood children. She later helps Denver climb out of poverty.
Reverend Pike A minister of the Church of the Redeemer.
Sawyer A Cincinnati restaurant owner who offers work to Sethe.
Edward Bodwin A generous Quaker supporter of the Underground Railroad who helps Baby Suggs get settled in Cincinnati and later gives Denver a job.
Miss Bodwin Edwin Bodwin's unmarried sister who also supports abolition.
Nelson Lord Denver's schoolmate who ends Denver's education by asking her about Sethe's past.
