12 Years a Slave - Chapter 1

12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

Chapter 1

 

Introductory—ancestry—the Northup family—birth and parentage—Mintus Northup—marriage with Anne Hampton—good resolutions—Champlain Canal—rafting excursion to Canada—farming—the violin—cooking—removal to Saratoga—Parker and Perry—slaves and slavery—the children—the beginning of sorrow.