Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
CHAPTER I.
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
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