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Anarel [89]
3 years ago
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excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup With the evidence of freedom in my possession, the next day after our arriv

al in New-York, we crossed the ferry to Jersey City, and took the road to Philadelphia. Here we remained one night, continuing our journey towards Baltimore early in the morning. In due time, we arrived in the latter city, and stopped at a hotel near the railroad depot, either kept by a Mr. Rathbone, or known as the Rathbone House. All the way from New-York, their anxiety to reach the circus seemed to grow more and more intense. We left the carriage at Baltimore, and entering the cars, proceeded to Washington, at which place we arrived just at nightfall, the evening previous to the funeral of General Harrison, and stopped at Gadsby's Hotel, on Pennsylvania Avenue. After supper they called me to their apartments, and paid me forty-three dollars, a sum greater than my wages amounted to, which act of generosity was in consequence, they said, of their not having exhibited as often as they had given me to anticipate, during our trip from Saratoga. They moreover informed me that it had been the intention of the circus company to leave Washington the next morning, but that on account of the funeral, they had concluded to remain another day. They were then, as they had been from the time of our first meeting, extremely kind. No opportunity was omitted of addressing me in the language of approbation; while, on the other hand, I was certainly much prepossessed in their favor. I gave them my confidence without reserve, and would freely have trusted them to almost any extent. Their constant conversation and manner towards me—their foresight in suggesting the idea of free papers, and a hundred other little acts, unnecessary to be repeated—all indicated that they were friends indeed, sincerely solicitous for my welfare. I know not but they were. I know not but they were innocent of the great wickedness of which I now believe them guilty. Whether they were accessory to my misfortunes—subtle and inhuman monsters in the shape of men—designedly luring me away from home and family, and liberty, for the sake of gold—those who read these pages will have the same means of determining as myself. If they were innocent, my sudden disappearance must have been unaccountable indeed; but revolving in my mind all the attending circumstances, I never yet could indulge, towards them, so charitable a supposition. After receiving the money from them, of which they appeared to have an abundance, they advised me not to go into the streets that night, inasmuch as I was unacquainted with the customs of the city. Promising to remember their advice, I left them together, and soon after was shown by a colored servant to a sleeping room in the back part of the hotel, on the ground floor. I laid down to rest, thinking of home and wife, and children, and the long distance that stretched between us, until I fell asleep. But no good angel of pity came to my bedside, bidding me to fly—no voice of mercy forewarned me in my dreams of the trials that were just at hand. Read this sentence from the excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave: Whether they were accessory to my misfortunes—subtle and inhuman monsters in the shape of men—designedly luring me away from home and family, and liberty, for the sake of gold—those who read these pages will have the same means of determining as myself. What is the figurative meaning of the words and phrases in the sentence? How does the imagery and symbolism in the sentence affect its meaning? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be one or two complete paragraphs.
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Leno4ka [110]3 years ago
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Excerpted and Abridged from Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave. ... With the evidence of freedom in my possession, the next day after our arrival in New-York, we ... Here we remained one night, continuing our journey towards Baltimore early ...the uncultivated environment after leaving a plantation or farm, this analysis also leads to a .... New York, and New Jersey had made slavery illegal in their states. ...... and I was careful to provide one for our Sunday dinner every week, so .Furthermore, the argument continued, Africans were inherently inferior and ... SEE PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup ... David Cooper, a New Jersey Quaker, took up the antislavery cudgels and held ...... the next day after our arrival in New-York, we crossed the ferry to Jersey City, ...


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