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12 YEARS A SLAVE (AUTOBIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY NORTHUP) (1853) - Coggle Diagram
12 YEARS A SLAVE (AUTOBIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY NORTHUP) (1853)
SYMBOLS
Dehumanization
Whipping
That was a solution for rebellion onto the field or just for the owner's fun and entertainment
Chains
You cannot escape from slavery
Free Papers
Whithout them you cannot
claim your freedom
White criminals used to rub this paper to black people for make them "slaveriable"
THEMES
slavery
for labor and sadistic entertainment
being owned as property
racism
justification for cruelty
justice
no right to testify and of testimony
MAIN CHARACTERS
SOLOMON NORTHUP
protagonist
born a free black man in New York
excellent fiddle player, a family man, and a hard worker
he has a wife and three children
the author of the novel
slave name Platt
BASS
white carpenter who works on a construction project
has no family of his own
outspoken opinions, deep empathy for the injustice of Solomon’s situation.
he helps Solomon
EDWIN EPPS
third master, whom Solomon serves for years.
cruel toward his slaves
frequently rapes Patsey
views his slaves as nothing more than animals
TIBEATS
the carpenter who buys Solomon from William Ford
frequently trying to harm or even kill Solomon
cruel master
he sells Solomon to the vicious Edwin Epps.
PATSEY
PLOT SUMMARY
1841
New York City
1
Solomon Northup
free African-American violinist
has a wife and two children
2
Two white men
offer him a job as a musician
they kidnap him
sell him as a slave
3
Platt
the new slave name of Northup
shipped to New Orleans
William Ford
sells him to Edwin Epps
Will be Epps' slave for 10 years
he meets Patsey
she is an abused slave
he meets Armsby
is a white worker
will ask him to send him a letter
he will tell the master
he meets Samuel Bass
a Canadian worker against American slavery
he will help him
Finally Platt will meet his family