Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

CHAPTER I.

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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, 17