![]() ![]() 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. 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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