Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

THE LETTER REACHES SARATOGA--IS FORWARDED TO ANNE--IS LAID BEFORE HENRY B. NORTHUP--THE STATUTE OF MAY 14, 1840--ITS PROVISIONS--ANNE'S MEMORIAL TO THE GOVERNOR--THE AFFIDAVITS ACCOMPANYING IT--SENATOR SOULE'S LETTER--DEPARTURE OF THE AGENT APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR--ARRIVAL AT MARKSVILLE--THE HON. JOHN P. WADDILL--THE CONVERSATION ON NEW-YORK POLITICS--IT SUGGESTS A FORTUNATE IDEA--THE MEETING WITH BASS--THE SECRET OUT--LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED--DEPARTURE OF NORTHUP AND THE SHERIFF FROM MARKSVILLE FOR BAYOU BOEUF--ARRANGEMENTS ON THE WAY--REACH EPPS' PLANTATION--DISCOVER HIS SLAVES IN THE COTTON FIELD--THE MEETING--THE FAREWELL.

I am indebted to Mr. Henry B. Northup and others for many of the particulars contained in this chapter.