Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northrup
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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northrup
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"A moving, vital testament." -Saturday Review
"An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting.-Rachel Kushner
"The best firsthand account of slavery." -James McPherson
Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is considered to be be one of the most riviting and important documents recounting slavery in the United States. It is the heart-rending memoir of a free black man who is taken hostage and sold into slavery in a Louisiana plantation, his twelve years of bondage, and his remarkable escape to freedom. Since its publication, this classic has become a historical reference for its salient of depiction of life as a slave in the pre-Civil War deep south of the United States. More recently the book's popularity has soared due to the 2014 Academy Award winning motion picture.
Northup's memoir begins during his early life as a free black man in Upstate New York. He was a father of three children, a farmer, lumberjack, and a skillful musician. When two white men approached Northup about a well-paid job playing his violin in a circus, he accepted. They traveled to New York City, then Washington D.C, where after a day of celebrating his good fortunes with the two men he was drugged, and chained in a slave pen. Imprisoned by the ruthless slave-trader James Burch, he was brutally beaten and eventually sent by boat to New Orleans, Louisiana. Eventually Northup was sold to a merciful plantation owner, and valued for his hard work, and gentle spirit. Due to his master's eventual financial hardships, Northup was sold again and again in a succession of brutal masters. With his tenacious sense of hope and goodwill he perseveres through twelve years of cruelty until his remarkable rescue from slavery and back to his freedom in New York. With its great message of hope, Twelve Years a Slave is one of America's great literary declarations of the power of the human spirit.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- I. IntroductoryâAncestryâThe Northup FamilyâBirth and ParentageâMintus NorthupâMarriage with Anne HamptonâGood ResolutionsâChamplain CanalâRafting Excursion to CanadaâFarmingâThe ViolinâCookingâRemoval to SaratogaâParker and PerryâSlaves and SlaveryâThe ChildrenâThe Beginning of Sorrow.
- II. The Two StrangersâThe Circus CompanyâDeparture from SaratogaâVentriloquism and LegerdemainâJourney to New-YorkâFree PapersâBrown and HamiltonâThe Haste to Reach the CircusâArrival in WashingtonâFuneral of HarrisonâThe Sudden SicknessâThe Torment of ThirstâThe Receding LightâInsensibilityâChains and Darkness.
- III. Painful MeditationsâJames H. BurchâWilliamsâ Slave Pen in WashingtonâThe Lackey, RadburnâAssert my FreedomâThe Anger of the TraderâThe Paddle and Cat-Oâ-NinetailsâThe WhippingâNew AcquaintancesâRay, Williams, and RandallâArrival of Little Emily and her Mother in the PenâMaternal SorrowsâThe Story of Eliza.
- IV. Elizaâs SorrowsâPreparation to EmbarkâDriven through The Streets of WashingtonâHail, ColumbiaâThe Tomb of WashingtonâClem RayâThe Breakfast on the SteamerâThe Happy BirdsâAquia CreekâFredericksburghâArrival in RichmondâGoodin and his Slave PenâRobert, of CincinnatiâDavid and his WifeâMary and LetheâClemâs ReturnâHis Subsequent Escape to CanadaâThe Brig OrleansâJames H. Burch.
- V. Arrival at NorfolkâFrederick and MariaâArthur, the FreemanâAppointed StewardâJim, Cuffee, and JennyâThe StormâBahama BanksâThe CalmâThe ConspiracyâThe Long BoatâThe Small-PoxâDeath of RobertâManning, the SailorâThe Meeting in the ForecastleâThe LetterâArrival at New-OrleansâArthurâs RescueâTheophilus Freeman, The ConsigneeâPlattâFirst Night in the New-Orleans Slave Pen.
- VI. Freemanâs IndustryâCleanliness and ClothesâExercising in the Show RoomâThe DanceâBob, The FiddlerâArrival of CustomersâSlaves ExaminedâThe Old Gentleman of New-OrleansâSale of David, Caroline and LetheâParting of Randall and ElizaâSmall PoxâThe HospitalâRecovery and Return to Freemanâs Slave PenâThe Purchaser of Eliza, Harry and PlattâElizaâs Agony on Parting from Little Emily.
- VII. The Steamboat RodolphâDeparture from New-OrleansâWilliam FordâArrival at Alexandria, On Red RiverâResolutionsâThe Great Pine WoodsâWild CattleâMartinâs Summer ResidenceâThe Texas RoadâArrival at Master FordâsâRoseâMistress FordâSally, and her ChildrenâJohn, The CookâWalter, Sam, and AntonyâThe Mills on Indian CreekâSabbath DaysâSamâs ConversionâThe Profit of KindnessâRaftingâAdam Taydem, The Little White ManâCascalla and his TribeâThe Indian BallâJohn M. TibeatsâThe Storm Approaching.
- VIII. Fordâs EmbarrassmentsâThe Sale to TibeatsâThe Chattel MortgageâMistress Fordâs Plantation on Bayou BoeufâDescription of the LatterâFordâs Brother-in-Law, Peter TannerâMeeting with ElizaâShe Still Mourns for her ChildrenâFordâs Overseer, ChapinâTibeatâs abuseâThe Keg of NailsâThe First Fight with TibeatsâHis Discomfiture and CastigationâThe Attempt to Hang MeâChapinâs Interference and SpeechâUnhappy ReflectionsâAbrupt Departure of Tibeats, Cook and RamsayâLawson and the Brown MuleâMessage to the Pine Woods.
- IX. The Hot SunâYet BoundâThe Cords Sink into My FleshâChapinâs UneasinessâSpeculationâRachel, and her Cup of WaterâSuffering IncreasesâThe Happiness of SlaveryâArrival of FordâHe Cuts the Cords which Bind me, and Takes the Rope from My NeckâMiseryâThe Gathering of the Slaves in Elizaâs CabinâTheir KindnessâRachel Repeats the Occurrences of the DayâLawson Entertains his Companions with an Account of his RideâChapinâs Apprehensions of TibeatsâHired to Peter TannerâPeter Expounds the ScripturesâDescription of the Stocks.
- X. Return to TibeatsâImpossibility of Pleasing himâHe attacks me with a HatchetâThe Struggle Over the Broad AxeâThe Temptation to Murder himâEscape Across the PlantationâObservations from the FenceâTibeats Approaches, followed by the HoundsâThey Take my TrackâTheir Loud YellsâThey almost Overtake meâI reach the WaterâThe Hounds ConfusedâMoccasin SnakesâAlligatorsâNight in the âGreat Pacoudrie SwampââThe Sounds of LifeâNorth-West CourseâEmerge into the Pine WoodsâThe Slave and his Young MasterâArrival at FordâsâFood and Rest.
- XI. The Mistressâ GardenâThe Crimson and Golden FruitâOrange and Pomegranate TreesâReturn to Bayou BoeufâMaster Fordâs remarks on the WayâThe Meeting with TibeatsâHis account of the ChaseâFord Censures his BrutalityâArrival at the PlantationâAstonishment of the Slaves on Seeing MeâThe Anticipated FloggingâKentucky JohnâMr. Eldret, The PlanterâEldretâs SamâTrip to the âBig Cane BrakeââThe Tradition of âSuttonâs FieldââForest TreesâGnats and MosquitosâThe Arrival of Black Women in the Big CaneâLumber WomenâSudden Appearance of TibeatsâHis Provoking TreatmentâVisit to Bayou BoeufâThe Slave PassâSouthern HospitalityâThe Last of ElizaâSale to Edwin Epps.
- XII. Personal Appearance of EppsâEpps, Drunk and SoberâA Glimpse of his HistoryâCotton GrowingâThe Mode of Ploughing and Preparing GroundâOf PlantingâOf Hoeing, Of Picking, Of Treating Raw HandsâThe Difference in Cotton PickersâPatsey a Remarkable OneâTasked According to AbilityâBeauty of a Cotton FieldâThe Slaveâs LaborsâFear on Approaching the Gin-HouseâWeighingââChoresââCabin LifeâThe Corn MillâThe uses of the GourdâFear of OversleepingâFear ContinuallyâMode of Cultivating CornâSweet PotatoesâFertility of the SoilâFattening HogsâPreserving BaconâRaising CattleâShooting-MatchesâGarden ProductsâFlowers and Verdure.
- XIII. The Curious Axe-HelveâSymptoms of Approaching IllnessâContinue to DeclineâThe Whip IneffectualâConfined to the CabinâVisit by Dr. WinesâPartial RecoveryâFailure at Cotton PickingâWhat May be Heard on Eppsâ PlantationâLashes GraduatedâEpps in a Whipping MoodâEpps in a Dancing MoodâDescription of the DanceâLoss of Rest No ExcuseâEppsâ CharacteristicsâJim Burns Removal from Huff Power to Bayou BoeufâDescription of Uncle Abram; Of Wiley; Of Aunt Phebe; Of Bob, Henry, and Edward; Of Patsey; With a Genealogical Account of EachâSomething of Their Past History, and Peculiar CharacteristicsâJealousy and LustâPatsey, The Victim.
- XIV. Destruction of The Cotton Crop in 1845âDemand for Laborers in St. Maryâs ParishâSent Thither in a DroveâThe Order of the MarchâThe Grand CoteauâHired to Judge Turner on Bayou SalleâAppointed Driver in his Sugar HouseâSunday Services Slave Furniture, How ObtainedâThe Party at Yarneyâs in CentrevilleâGood FortuneâThe Captain of the SteamerâHis Refusal to Secrete MeâReturn to Bayou BoeufâSight of TibeatsâPatseyâs SorrowsâTumult and ContentionâHunting the Coon and OpossumâThe Cunning of the LatterâThe Lean Condition of the SlaveâDescription of the Fish TrapâThe Murder of the Man From NatchezâEpps Challenged by MarshallâThe Influence of SlaveryâThe Love of Freedom.
- XV. Labors on Sugar PlantationsâThe Mode of Planting Caneâof Hoeing CaneâCane RicksâCutting CaneâDescription of the Cane KnifeâWinrowingâPreparing for Succeeding CropsâDescription of Hawkinsâ Sugar Mill on Bayou BoeufâThe Christmas HolidaysâThe Carnival Season of the Children of BondageâThe Christmas SupperâRed, The Favorite ColorâThe Violin, and the Consolation it AffordedâThe Christmas DanceâLively, The CoquetteâSam Roberts, and his RivalsâSlave SongsâSouthern Life as it isâThree Days in the YearâThe System of MarriageâUncle Abramâs Contempt of Matrimony.
- XVI. OverseersâHow they are Armed and AccompaniedâThe HomicideâHis Execution at MarksvilleâSlave-DriversâAppointed Driver on Removing to Bayou BoeufâPractice Makes PerfectâEppsâ Attempt to Cut Plattâs ThroatâThe Escape from HimâProtected by the MistressâForbids Reading and WritingâObtain a Sheet of Paper after Nine Yearsâ EffortâThe LetterâArmsby, The Mean WhiteâPartially Confide in HimâHis TreacheryâEppsâ SuspicionsâHow they were QuietedâBurning the LetterâArmsby Leaves the BayouâDisappointment And Despair.
- XVII. Wiley Disregards the Counsels of Aunt Phebe and Uncle Abram, and Is Caught by the PatrollersâThe Organization and Duties of the LatterâWiley Runs AwayâSpeculations in Regard to HimâHis Unexpected ReturnâHis Capture on Red River, and Confinement in Alexandria JailâDiscovered by Joseph B. RobertsâSubduing Dogs in Anticipation of EscapeâThe Fugitives in The Great Pine WoodsâCaptured by Adam Taydem and the IndiansâAugustus Killed by DogsâNelly, Eldretâs Slave WomanâThe Story of CelesteâThe Concerted MovementâLew Cheney, The TraitorâThe Idea Of Insurrection.
- XVIII. Oâniel, the TannerâConversation with Aunt Phebe OverheardâEpps in the Tanning BusinessâStabbing of Uncle AbramâThe Ugly WoundâEpps is JealousâPatsey is MissingâHer Return from ShawâsâHarriet, Shawâs Black WifeâEpps EnragedâPatsey Denies his ChargesâShe is Tied Down Naked to Four StakesâThe Inhuman FloggingâFlaying of PatseyâThe Beauty of the DayâThe Bucket of Salt WaterâThe Dress Stiff with BloodâPatsey Grows MelancholyâHer Idea of God and EternityâOf Heaven and FreedomâThe Effect of Slave-WhippingâEppsâ Oldest SonââThe Child is Father to the Man.â
- XIX. Avery, of Bayou RougeâPeculiarity of DwellingsâEpps Builds a New HouseâBass, The CarpenterâHis Noble QualitiesâHis Personal Appearance and EccentricitiesâBass and Epps Discuss the Question of SlaveryâEppsâ Opinion of BassâI Make Myself Known to HimâOur ConversationâHis SurpriseâThe Midnight Meeting on the Bayou BankâBassâ AssurancesâDeclares War Against SlaveryâWhy i did not Disclose my HistoryâBass writes LettersâCopy of his Letter to Messrs. Parker and PerryâThe Fever of SuspenseâDisappointmentsâBass Endeavors to Cheer MeâMy Faith in Him.
- XX. Bass Faithful to his WordâHis Arrival on Christmas EveâThe Difficulty of Obtaining an InterviewâThe Meeting in the CabinâNon-Arrival of the LetterâBass Announces his Intention to Proceed NorthâChristmasâConversation Between Epps and BassâYoung Mistress Mâcoy, The Beauty of Bayou BoeufâThe âNe Plus Ultraâ of DinnersâMusic and DancingâPresence of the MistressâHer Exceeding BeautyâThe Last Slave DanceâWilliam PierceâOversleep MyselfâThe Last WhippingâDespondencyâThe Cold MorningâEppsâ ThreatsâThe Passing CarriageâStrangers Approaching through the Cotton-FieldâLast Hour on Bayou Boeuf.
- XXI. The Letter Reaches SaratogaâIs forwarded to AnneâIs Laid before Henry B. NorthupâThe Statute of May 14, 1840âIts ProvisionsâAnneâs Memorial to the GovernorâThe Affidavits Accompanying itâSenator Souleâs LetterâDeparture of the Agent appointed by the GovernorâArrival at MarksvilleâThe Hon. John P. WaddillâThe Conversation on New-York PoliticsâIt Suggests a Fortunate IdeaâThe Meeting with BassâThe Secret OutâLegal Proceedings InstitutedâDeparture of Northup and the Sheriff from Marksville for Bayou BoeufâArrangements on the WayâReach Eppsâ PlantationâDiscover his Slaves in the Cotton FieldâThe MeetingâThe Farewell.
- XXII. Arrival in New-OrleansâGlimpse of FreemanâGenois, the RecorderâHis Description of SolomonâReach CharlestonâInterrupted by Custom House OfficersâPass through RichmondâArrival in WashingtonâBurch ArrestedâShekels and ThornâTheir TestimonyâBurch AcquittedâArrest of SolomonâBurch Withdraws the ComplaintâThe Higher TribunalâDeparture from WashingtonâArrival at Sandy HillâOld Friends and Familiar ScenesâProceed to Glens FallsâMeeting with Anne, Margaret and ElizabethâSolomon Northup StauntonâIncidentsâConclusion.
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- A Note About the Author
- A Note from the Publisher