This dream is fulfilled at the end of the book, when Solomon returns home to New York to find his wife and children alive and well. Especially during Edwin Epp’s violent, ten-year ownership, Solomon finds hope in God and the prospect of seeing his family again one day. He also distinguishes himself as a natural at harvesting sugar cane, and a skilled carpenter-a skill which eventually leads him to cross paths with the Canadian carpenter, Bass, who helps Solomon regain his freedom. Solomon’s talent as a fiddle player provides him a sense of comfort and solace during his years as a slave and enables him to make a little money by performing at other slave owners’ social gatherings. Solomon is known to his masters and fellow slaves as Platt, a name given to him by Burch. Solomon lives as a slave for twelve years for three different masters-first, the kindhearted William Ford, then the violent John Tibeats, and finally, the exceedingly cruel and evil Edwin Epps. The two men betray Solomon, selling him into slavery to James Burch. with two new acquaintances ( Brown and Hamilton) to play the fiddle in their circus. Solomon Northups Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery. These traits unknowingly lead him into a trap, when, needing a source of income to help his family, Solomon agrees to travel to Washington D.C.

He is known by the community as an excellent fiddle player, a family man, and a hard worker. Solomon Northup, the author and protagonist of the memoir, is born a free black man in New York, where, at the start of the story, he lives a pleasant life with his wife, Anne, and their three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo.

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