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 II.

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The two Strangers--The Circus Company--Departure from Saratoga--Ventriloquism and Legerdemain--Journey to New-York--Free Papers--Brown and Hamilton--The haste to reach the Circus--Arrival in Washington--Funeral of Harrison--The Sudden Sickness--The Torment of Thirst--The Receding Light--Insensibility--Chains and Darkness, 28