Regarding Slavery Book Review (Book Review Sample)

Running Head: SLAVERY
Slavery
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The darkest part of American history is the enslavement of people from African origin. During the Agrarian revolution in the United States of America, slaves were used in plantations. They worked under harsh conditions that violated human rights. This essay will discuss the experiences of slaves in the southern parts of America, by studying the case of Solomon Northup.
Solomon Northup is the primary author of the book 12 years a slave. In these memoirs, the author describes his experiences of more than a decade as a slave. He was born a free man in New York to Mintus Northup and his wife of colour. The parents were successful farmers. They managed to educate their sons to a level considered too high for black people. Northup grew to become an accomplished violinist. He married and had three children.
In 1841, Northup met two men, who went by the names Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton. They made him believe that they were entertainers in New York and offered him a job as a fiddler. He was to perform in New York City. Since he did not think that the journey would take long, he did not notify his family. The two men drugged Northup before kidnapping him. They eventually sold him to William Prince Ford as a slave.
Northup describes his new master as a good, noble and Kind Christian. This view of the master did not make him reconsider his drive to escape. Due to financial problems, Ford sold his slaves and Northup was sold to a carpenter John M. Tibaut but under mortgage. Tibaut then sold his slave to Edwin Epps.
Edwin Epps was a very cruel man. He often whipped his slaves for not meeting their daily work quotas. At the same time, he sexually abused a woman called Patsey, by constantly raping her. Her problems were further compounded by the mistreatment she received from her mistress. The working condition of the plantation was also very poor. In his Memoir, Northup uses his experiences with Epps to demonstrate the evils of slavery.
In 1852, Northup befriended a Canadian carpenter Samuel Bass who was working for Epps. Bass was an abolitionist. He helped Northup to contact his family and the son of the man who freed his father, Henry B. Northup. Henry B. Northup helped Solomon to be a free man once again by enlisting t...