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quadgram | frequency |
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in the course of | 20 |
the state of new | 19 |
of the state of | 17 |
that i was a | 16 |
for the purpose of | 15 |
at the end of | 14 |
at the same time | 13 |
in the state of | 12 |
the great pine woods | 12 |
by the name of | 11 |
the parish of avoyelles | 11 |
at the time of | 11 |
a free citizen of | 11 |
to read and write | 11 |
in the county of | 10 |
in the cotton field | 10 |
i did not know | 10 |
that i had been | 10 |
of the village of | 10 |
my wife and children | 10 |
in the great pine | 10 |
for the first time | 9 |
early in the morning | 9 |
in the same manner | 9 |
the time of my | 9 |
in the midst of | 9 |
in the great house | 9 |
the state of louisiana | 9 |
in the month of | 9 |
in which i was | 8 |
and that i was | 8 |
in a short time | 8 |
that the said solomon | 8 |
that i could not | 8 |
the said solomon northup | 8 |
to go to the | 8 |
on the th of | 8 |
i came to a | 8 |
the county of washington | 8 |
village of sandy hill | 8 |
of the united states | 8 |
but a short time | 7 |
the village of sandy | 7 |
felt that i was | 7 |
in the parish of | 7 |
in the presence of | 7 |
on the other hand | 7 |
go to the railroad | 7 |
which i had been | 7 |
a day or two | 7 |
was a free man | 7 |
i was compelled to | 7 |
state of north carolina | 7 |
this th day of | 7 |
a bill of sale | 7 |
i was a free | 7 |
it would have been | 7 |
i felt that i | 7 |
in the annexed memorial | 6 |
as long as i | 6 |
i told him i | 6 |
over and over again | 6 |
thirty dollars per month | 6 |
the top of the | 6 |
the centre of the | 6 |
the presence of the | 6 |
of said solomon northup | 6 |
and that i should | 6 |
part of the country | 6 |
five dollars per month | 6 |
the object of his | 6 |
a short time i | 6 |
memorial of anne northup | 6 |
a free man of | 6 |
in the vicinity of | 6 |
that i would be | 6 |
it occurred to me | 6 |
the big cane brake | 6 |
justice of the peace | 6 |
the rest of the | 6 |
was in the habit | 6 |
on the subject of | 6 |
the time of his | 6 |
that it was not | 6 |
the course of the | 6 |
free citizen of the | 6 |
slaves on the plantation | 6 |
i went to the | 6 |
that if i would | 6 |
d day of november | 6 |
the age of twenty | 6 |
my master and mistress | 6 |
i was a slave | 6 |
free man of color | 6 |
made every effort to | 5 |
i was in the | 5 |
made up my mind | 5 |
on the th day | 5 |
time of his death | 5 |
the th day of | 5 |
as soon as the | 5 |
who i was and | 5 |
to the pine woods | 5 |
in the united states | 5 |
in one of the | 5 |
where i was born | 5 |
at the time i | 5 |
on the shores of | 5 |
said state of new | 5 |
to the time of | 5 |
shores of bayou boeuf | 5 |
to me that the | 5 |
the annexed memorial of | 5 |
the history of my | 5 |
this time i had | 5 |
there was no one | 5 |
i had been accustomed | 5 |
to listen to the | 5 |
that he did not | 5 |
to take care of | 5 |
and that he would | 5 |
in the sight of | 5 |
in the first place | 5 |
in the direction of | 5 |
the railroad to work | 5 |
it was to be | 5 |
the d day of | 5 |
history of my life | 5 |
i do not know | 5 |
as soon as possible | 5 |
that i should not | 5 |
but i could not | 5 |
before me this th | 5 |
the time of the | 5 |
had an opportunity of | 5 |
i was permitted to | 5 |
on the bayou bank | 5 |
that i did not | 5 |
christ receiveth sinful men | 5 |
to take such measures | 5 |
did not know what | 5 |
northup and the sheriff | 5 |
the edge of the | 5 |
the sound of the | 5 |
the subject of slavery | 5 |
a great deal of | 5 |
the back part of | 5 |
wrongfully held in slavery | 5 |
citizen of the state | 5 |
the end of the | 5 |
named in the annexed | 5 |
me by the hand | 5 |
hundred and fifty dollars | 5 |
in consequence of the | 5 |
for me to do | 4 |
at once to the | 4 |
glad to see you | 4 |
the labors of the | 4 |
had it not been | 4 |
in the northern states | 4 |
ben and his wife | 4 |
to the top of | 4 |
the slaves on the | 4 |
as fast as i | 4 |
over on the ground | 4 |
in the eyes of | 4 |
one side of the | 4 |
in the heart of | 4 |
but there was no | 4 |
the mills on indian | 4 |
into the hands of | 4 |
of the southern states | 4 |
at the sight of | 4 |
to go with him | 4 |
went at once to | 4 |
that i was not | 4 |
me that i was | 4 |
annexed memorial of anne | 4 |
as a general thing | 4 |
to be a slave | 4 |
she was compelled to | 4 |
was a native of | 4 |
and was determined to | 4 |
with the exception of | 4 |
two hundred and fifty | 4 |
that the darkest hour | 4 |
came to the conclusion | 4 |
but i did not | 4 |
laid down upon the | 4 |
to reach the circus | 4 |
the land of the | 4 |
could read and write | 4 |
after i had been | 4 |
did not want to | 4 |
out of the door | 4 |
in such a manner | 4 |
said county of washington | 4 |
mills on indian creek | 4 |
in the hands of | 4 |
up and down the | 4 |
for a short time | 4 |
in the city of | 4 |
as much as possible | 4 |
for a few days | 4 |
would not have been | 4 |
he was ready to | 4 |
laws of the southern | 4 |
out of the house | 4 |
was a free woman | 4 |
in the pine woods | 4 |
my right to freedom | 4 |
i came to the | 4 |
on the part of | 4 |
out of the state | 4 |
and i did not | 4 |
i was going to | 4 |
on each side of | 4 |
in a few minutes | 4 |
on the d day | 4 |
to go to a | 4 |
sworn before me this | 4 |
the meeting in the | 4 |
and i had to | 4 |
during the remainder of | 4 |
in the possession of | 4 |
be restored to his | 4 |
for a long time | 4 |
what came of it | 4 |
i was about to | 4 |
the story of my | 4 |
by the hand and | 4 |
he was a man | 4 |
quite a number of | 4 |
to hire myself out | 4 |
of the great house | 4 |
and down the bayou | 4 |
was to be a | 4 |
in the bosom of | 4 |
to the highest bidder | 4 |
the month of september | 4 |
was one of the | 4 |
the said solomon is | 4 |
a load of cotton | 4 |
of the children of | 4 |
orange and pomegranate trees | 4 |
the corner of the | 4 |
i had never been | 4 |
in the slave pen | 4 |
in the centre of | 4 |
when i began to | 4 |
subscribed and sworn before | 4 |
to send me to | 4 |
played on the violin | 4 |
said solomon northup is | 4 |
me this th day | 4 |
from the fact that | 4 |
free citizen of new | 4 |
this time i was | 4 |
with an air of | 4 |
an hour or more | 4 |
had a wife and | 4 |
i was in a | 4 |
and this deponent further | 4 |
as far as new | 4 |
life as it is | 4 |
dollars per month for | 4 |
of my wife and | 4 |
the same manner as | 4 |
and in a few | 4 |
occurred to me that | 4 |
until about the year | 4 |
and it was a | 4 |
from time to time | 4 |
the close of the | 4 |
asked me if i | 4 |
through the streets of | 4 |
the slave pen at | 4 |
and sworn before me | 4 |
the remainder of the | 4 |
the will of god | 4 |
in the company of | 4 |
i should not be | 4 |
the great pacoudrie swamp | 4 |
do the will of | 4 |
th day of november | 4 |
my way back to | 4 |
i found that i | 4 |
that i should be | 4 |
the shores of bayou | 4 |
and was born in | 4 |
the said mintus northup | 4 |
the latter part of | 4 |
in the back part | 4 |
doth depose and say | 4 |
that said solomon was | 4 |
and sold into slavery | 4 |
back part of the | 4 |
one of the small | 4 |
of the negro race | 4 |
up my mind to | 4 |
seemed to be the | 4 |
return to bayou boeuf | 4 |
was not allowed to | 4 |
the manner in which | 4 |
in the habit of | 4 |
it was a long | 4 |
an account of his | 4 |
a part of the | 4 |
take such measures as | 4 |
in the shape of | 4 |
the direction of the | 4 |
in the big cane | 4 |
to remain in the | 4 |
his wife and children | 4 |
the first time in | 4 |
that it was the | 4 |
in a great measure | 3 |
the office of the | 3 |
i did not stop | 3 |
orders of the superintendent | 3 |
the hounds and the | 3 |
my mother refused to | 3 |
and that if i | 3 |
my life is like | 3 |
appeared to be in | 3 |
said solomon was a | 3 |
did not think it | 3 |
the order of the | 3 |
what would become of | 3 |
the mouth of the | 3 |
was not long before | 3 |
father to the man | 3 |
offered as a witness | 3 |
were in the field | 3 |
from the great house | 3 |
he came to the | 3 |
liberty and returned to | 3 |
the word of god | 3 |
as i have been | 3 |
the body of the | 3 |
deprived of a fond | 3 |
has been made to | 3 |
driven through the streets | 3 |
a large share of | 3 |
i heard a voice | 3 |
pleas and quarter sessions | 3 |
a widow had two | 3 |
the pursuit of happiness | 3 |
of the manner of | 3 |
a quarter of a | 3 |
to protect the free | 3 |
had been accustomed to | 3 |
seasons of the year | 3 |
did not know the | 3 |
take charge of the | 3 |
to accomplish the object | 3 |
another field of labor | 3 |
said solomon is now | 3 |
on board the brig | 3 |
i did not see | 3 |
slaves of the south | 3 |
th day of april | 3 |
he ordered me to | 3 |
in the region of | 3 |
i had a wife | 3 |
there was not a | 3 |
since which time deponent | 3 |
are not allowed to | 3 |
during the day and | 3 |
has not seen him | 3 |
if i did not | 3 |
i had been a | 3 |
in or near marksville | 3 |
the laws of this | 3 |
biography of a slave | 3 |
remain in the state | 3 |
was a free citizen | 3 |
more effectually to protect | 3 |
my mother and the | 3 |
i thought i would | 3 |
is now wrongfully held | 3 |
the city of new | 3 |
the occurrences of the | 3 |
and that it would | 3 |
that he was a | 3 |
for my wife and | 3 |
i was now placed | 3 |
a half a week | 3 |
to my wife and | 3 |
effectually to protect the | 3 |
the restoration and return | 3 |
of such person to | 3 |
it was impossible to | 3 |
learn to read and | 3 |
is father to the | 3 |
in the order of | 3 |
fast as i could | 3 |
in the care of | 3 |
to god and my | 3 |
was informed that he | 3 |
too much for me | 3 |
the work of the | 3 |
make another attempt to | 3 |
this state from being | 3 |
in a free state | 3 |
he would not have | 3 |
sold by wilson to | 3 |
restored to his liberty | 3 |
in the edge of | 3 |
a genealogical account of | 3 |
that i was to | 3 |
slave pen in washington | 3 |
the allegation or pretence | 3 |
as though i had | 3 |
three dollars and a | 3 |
at the age of | 3 |
the part of the | 3 |
i was able to | 3 |
on the same plantation | 3 |
our arrival in new | 3 |
held in slavery in | 3 |
he would give me | 3 |
out of sight of | 3 |
most of the time | 3 |
the friends of the | 3 |
had given me the | 3 |
dollars and a half | 3 |
and get ready to | 3 |
the children of israel | 3 |
me with such a | 3 |
to the provisions of | 3 |
he made his escape | 3 |
village of glens falls | 3 |
down his hand emphatically | 3 |
the room in which | 3 |
i have been in | 3 |
men i had to | 3 |
on my arrival at | 3 |
with a load of | 3 |
to be in the | 3 |
condition of the slave | 3 |
by the side of | 3 |
i cannot tell how | 3 |
of the main building | 3 |
was on the piazza | 3 |
who lived in the | 3 |
shall deem necessary to | 3 |
the bill of sale | 3 |
the beauty of the | 3 |
seal of the state | 3 |
of five hundred dollars | 3 |
a sheet of paper | 3 |
the end of his | 3 |
as fast as he | 3 |
and deponent further says | 3 |
out of this state | 3 |
in the days of | 3 |
when i returned to | 3 |
that i was free | 3 |
take to the woods | 3 |
laws of this state | 3 |
counsels of aunt phebe | 3 |
and a half a | 3 |
play on the violin | 3 |
in regard to him | 3 |
his hand emphatically on | 3 |
get ready to go | 3 |
as he shall deem | 3 |
not to be whipped | 3 |
the mother of said | 3 |
that i might be | 3 |
and returned to this | 3 |
down to the plantation | 3 |
was a white man | 3 |
the streets of washington | 3 |
to the railroad and | 3 |
from that time forward | 3 |
per month for my | 3 |
kidnapped and sold into | 3 |
to escape from slavery | 3 |
i had to do | 3 |
in the following pages | 3 |
and my country only | 3 |
the middle of the | 3 |
emphatically on the table | 3 |
restoration and return of | 3 |
she was a free | 3 |
he told me to | 3 |
a short distance from | 3 |
likely to accomplish the | 3 |
or reduced to slavery | 3 |
it would be well | 3 |
i was not allowed | 3 |
for more than thirty | 3 |
to the town of | 3 |
out of the woods | 3 |
my father and mother | 3 |
thousand eight hundred and | 3 |
without coat or hat | 3 |
the wife of said | 3 |
it was the only | 3 |
with me to the | 3 |
some of my friends | 3 |
crimson and golden fruit | 3 |
i should have to | 3 |
it was the first | 3 |
the place of his | 3 |
to the conclusion that | 3 |
hundred and eighty dollars | 3 |
i was anxious to | 3 |
my father was a | 3 |
as long as he | 3 |
i was taken sick | 3 |
it not been for | 3 |
the piazza of the | 3 |
during which time i | 3 |
to a man in | 3 |
there was no difficulty | 3 |
man by the name | 3 |
three days in the | 3 |
the idea of going | 3 |
southern life as it | 3 |
as he was able | 3 |
in the same condition | 3 |
for the sake of | 3 |
of this state from | 3 |
i was and that | 3 |
in the morning we | 3 |
returned to this state | 3 |
that he could not | 3 |
was hired to mr | 3 |
i was a freeman | 3 |
governor of the state | 3 |
that there might be | 3 |
a great deal to | 3 |
allegiance to god and | 3 |
art thou willing to | 3 |
miles i came to | 3 |
the children of bondage | 3 |
the attention of the | 3 |
time deponent has not | 3 |
i was very much | 3 |
to make their escape | 3 |
it might have been | 3 |
the sight of god | 3 |
did not believe in | 3 |
he was able to | 3 |
to the big cane | 3 |
which was the first | 3 |
he had lived in | 3 |
of the man from | 3 |
i am indebted to | 3 |
told her to go | 3 |
to make her escape | 3 |
down upon the ground | 3 |
me to go to | 3 |
for me in the | 3 |
he wanted me to | 3 |
his liberty and returned | 3 |
did not stop to | 3 |
in the family of | 3 |
occurrences of the day | 3 |
go with him to | 3 |
in a spirit of | 3 |
in which i had | 3 |
until the time of | 3 |
to the cause of | 3 |
take care of him | 3 |
with me and my | 3 |
by the time the | 3 |
me in the eyes | 3 |
his slaves in the | 3 |
as soon as it | 3 |
with an account of | 3 |
in such a case | 3 |
each side of the | 3 |
instead of going to | 3 |
back to my master | 3 |
the fact that the | 3 |
the shore of the | 3 |
the next day i | 3 |
the darkest hour is | 3 |
i was born in | 3 |
the man from natchez | 3 |
and the next day | 3 |
life is like the | 3 |
degrade me in the | 3 |
fall into the hands | 3 |
i thought i was | 3 |
on the other side | 3 |
on the floor in | 3 |
from the hands of | 3 |
mintus northup and his | 3 |
the duty of the | 3 |
was well acquainted with | 3 |
not to be found | 3 |
when i was about | 3 |
citizens of this state | 3 |
of the county of | 3 |
it is necessary to | 3 |
is wrongfully held in | 3 |
he looked at me | 3 |
centre of the movable | 3 |
i returned to my | 3 |
one of the slave | 3 |
the sight of my | 3 |
it was the last | 3 |
in order that i | 3 |
from the lips of | 3 |
my mother was a | 3 |
it would not be | 3 |
that it was a | 3 |
given under my hand | 3 |
then i went to | 3 |
widow had two sons | 3 |
beaten with many stripes | 3 |
object of his appointment | 3 |
installed on the plantation | 3 |
deponent has not seen | 3 |
taking hold of the | 3 |
the early part of | 3 |
he would like to | 3 |
between two and three | 3 |
with him to saulsbury | 3 |
shore of red river | 3 |
me to come to | 3 |
in the early part | 3 |
until such time as | 3 |
free citizens of this | 3 |
the bottom of the | 3 |
to the railroad to | 3 |
fertility of the soil | 3 |
from the presence of | 3 |
and the rest of | 3 |
that i have been | 3 |
i had but little | 3 |
the field to the | 3 |
on the face of | 3 |
plantation without a pass | 3 |
too dark to see | 3 |
the eyes of mr | 3 |
on board the steamboat | 3 |
is the same person | 3 |
the railroad and work | 3 |
at the beginning of | 3 |
i returned to the | 3 |
accomplish the object of | 3 |
it was not long | 3 |
the said state of | 3 |
on account of the | 3 |
so far as i | 3 |
to effect the restoration | 3 |
slave and his young | 3 |
in said county of | 3 |
i was to be | 3 |
i had an opportunity | 3 |
a keg of nails | 3 |
more than thirty years | 3 |
willing to be saved | 3 |
the love of freedom | 3 |
the purchaser of eliza | 3 |
informed me that he | 3 |
the system of slavery | 3 |
out into the yard | 3 |
was called upon by | 3 |
i did not deem | 3 |
such a manner that | 3 |
the hands of mr | 3 |
and his young master | 3 |
the surface of the | 3 |
took me by the | 3 |
the end of a | 3 |
scene in the cotton | 3 |
symptoms of approaching illness | 3 |
first fight with tibeats | 3 |
with his wife and | 3 |
god is marching on | 3 |
at work in the | 3 |
his wife had been | 3 |
child is father to | 3 |
in a few moments | 3 |
the throne of god | 3 |
as well as the | 3 |
in a day or | 3 |
there was but one | 3 |
to take charge of | 3 |
was not more than | 3 |
a large number of | 3 |
season of the year | 3 |
i laid down upon | 3 |
order that i might | 3 |
the face of the | 3 |
it shall be the | 3 |
into the house to | 3 |
on the shore of | 3 |
the following is a | 3 |
to parker and perry | 3 |
to his liberty and | 3 |
at the expense of | 3 |
on the ground floor | 3 |
to the yard and | 3 |
was sold to a | 3 |
to be in a | 3 |
the crimson and golden | 3 |
is a free citizen | 3 |
that he intended to | 3 |
as if i had | 3 |
the free citizens of | 3 |
said mintus northup and | 3 |
that my mother was | 3 |
the cabin of the | 3 |
impossible for me to | 3 |
came out of the | 3 |
the last time i | 3 |
thou art a little | 3 |
hundred and twenty dollars | 3 |
i was unable to | 3 |
two or three weeks | 3 |
hold of my arm | 3 |
of the slaves on | 3 |
i had never seen | 3 |
out of the city | 3 |
a number of slaves | 3 |
two or three hours | 3 |
david and his wife | 3 |
plantation on bayou boeuf | 3 |
to the house to | 3 |
the united states hotel | 3 |
marriage with anne hampton | 3 |
to the city of | 3 |
a justice of the | 3 |
under my hand and | 3 |
come out of the | 3 |
hand emphatically on the | 3 |
was one of those | 3 |
i bade farewell to | 3 |
the child is father | 3 |
that i was the | 3 |
shall be the duty | 3 |
be beaten with many | 3 |
town of fort edward | 3 |
to another field of | 3 |
one thousand eight hundred | 3 |
it was some time | 3 |
in regard to the | 3 |
on bayou huff power | 3 |
found that i was | 3 |
i was obliged to | 3 |
the tomb of washington | 3 |
would have been an | 3 |
in the office of | 3 |
on the plantation and | 3 |
me to go with | 3 |
allegation or pretence that | 3 |
a member of the | 3 |
of the parish of | 3 |
the time had come | 3 |
from the time of | 3 |
his said wife and | 3 |
i go to the | 3 |
that said solomon northup | 3 |
thou willing to be | 3 |
he shall deem necessary | 3 |
shore of the bayou | 3 |
pain in my head | 3 |
hired to judge turner | 3 |
slaves in the cotton | 3 |
it was with great | 3 |
seized him by the | 3 |
free negro or mulatto | 3 |
some of the white | 3 |
the name of the | 3 |
a man by the | 3 |
the affidavits accompanying it | 3 |
cried out to me | 3 |
and in a short | 3 |
was some time before | 3 |
not a word was | 3 |
that the mother of | 3 |
the village of glens | 3 |
the very best of | 3 |
protect the free citizens | 3 |
which time deponent has | 3 |
sold to the highest | 3 |
of the movable bottom | 3 |
and told me that | 3 |
the nature of the | 3 |
of the colored man | 3 |
to some of my | 3 |
an act more effectually | 3 |
of one of these | 3 |
born in atala county | 3 |
that i could read | 3 |
my sisters and myself | 3 |
shall be beaten with | 3 |
from the field to | 3 |
the particulars of my | 3 |
days in the year | 3 |
a place in the | 3 |
to be restored to | 3 |
in one of his | 3 |
on one of the | 3 |
i felt as if | 3 |
he or she shall | 3 |
act more effectually to | 3 |
the beginning of the | 3 |
as has been said | 3 |
for more than a | 3 |
in the wide world | 3 |
and i knew that | 3 |
i was afraid to | 3 |
the month of january | 3 |
one end of a | 3 |
beauty of the day | 3 |
to learn to read | 3 |
my hand and seal | 3 |
had never heard of | 3 |
to do the will | 3 |
be the duty of | 3 |
god and my country | 3 |
the influence of slavery | 3 |
as soon as they | 3 |
in a manner that | 3 |
of a fond mother | 3 |
as if i were | 3 |
mother of said solomon | 3 |
but that i must | 3 |
depositing it in the | 3 |
faithful to his word | 3 |
the counsels of aunt | 3 |
but i was not | 3 |
the spirit of the | 3 |
the paddle and cat | 3 |
was to be done | 3 |
the laws of the | 3 |
i had never heard | 3 |
to keep up my | 3 |
one boy also named | 3 |
i had been kidnapped | 3 |
we were allowed to | 3 |
i mounted the mule | 3 |
at a place called | 3 |
duly installed on the | 3 |
the balance of the | 3 |
a drove of slaves | 3 |
eight hundred and fifty | 3 |
was the first time | 3 |
not sell her then | 2 |
work one month precisely | 2 |
as he termed it | 2 |
i make another attempt | 2 |
he was in the | 2 |
i caught a glimpse | 2 |
why i did not | 2 |
this girl has been | 2 |
to the city hall | 2 |
for the love of | 2 |
in his sugar house | 2 |
nature of the country | 2 |
to go out to | 2 |
that if i was | 2 |
what may be heard | 2 |
the woods and swamps | 2 |
said solomon to his | 2 |
to enable him to | 2 |
my mother and my | 2 |
and the hope that | 2 |
field as soon as | 2 |
the free states and | 2 |
he is now fifty | 2 |
what had i done | 2 |
kimball and the children | 2 |
children were with me | 2 |
home and ordered to | 2 |
the idea that they | 2 |
this part of the | 2 |
randall and little emmy | 2 |
could i speak the | 2 |
what i could do | 2 |
to the magistrate that | 2 |
me that if i | 2 |
the state of north | 2 |
or territory of the | 2 |
deposit it in the | 2 |
see what i could | 2 |
many acts of kindness | 2 |
every effort to get | 2 |
mother and my mistress | 2 |
that i saw him | 2 |
to the plantation on | 2 |
a short distance i | 2 |
must leave the state | 2 |
her trust and confidence | 2 |
of the agent appointed | 2 |
as he wanted me | 2 |
and mounting his horse | 2 |
us for fear we | 2 |
the cause of christ | 2 |
cascalla and his tribe | 2 |
as if he was | 2 |
that i was in | 2 |
had made it her | 2 |
circumstances under which i | 2 |
shall be liable to | 2 |
the land of freedom | 2 |
board the steamboat rodolph | 2 |
to work for me | 2 |
there might be danger | 2 |
he would make us | 2 |
to proceed to the | 2 |
kept by a mr | 2 |
it was determined by | 2 |
i was again in | 2 |
taken in my behalf | 2 |
and deposited in the | 2 |
prayer and social meetings | 2 |
the consolation it afforded | 2 |
then i thought i | 2 |
on the first steamer | 2 |
we were called up | 2 |
builds a new house | 2 |
of the slaves in | 2 |
me to understand that | 2 |
it may not be | 2 |
our way to the | 2 |
as well as his | 2 |
i emerged from the | 2 |
are carried to the | 2 |
went down to the | 2 |
the generality of his | 2 |
was to be sold | 2 |
reached the end of | 2 |
sheriff from marksville for | 2 |
or any of his | 2 |
allow me to remain | 2 |
can be heard at | 2 |
to carry out the | 2 |
i began to experience | 2 |
the slave of a | 2 |
i am glad to | 2 |
to restore me to | 2 |
confinement in alexandria jail | 2 |
of the upper plank | 2 |
was elected president of | 2 |
lying on the ground | 2 |
the very best he | 2 |
part of the time | 2 |
this deponent further saith | 2 |
going to run away | 2 |
as it is called | 2 |
was to go to | 2 |
overseers and one little | 2 |
confined to the cabin | 2 |
arrival at the plantation | 2 |
the cunning of the | 2 |
on our arrival in | 2 |
or taken to be | 2 |
the mistress of the | 2 |
in the show room | 2 |
on one side of | 2 |
i was employed to | 2 |
the fugitives in the | 2 |
we should have been | 2 |
with the names of | 2 |
they are not allowed | 2 |
put yourself in my | 2 |
i was a runaway | 2 |
the profit of kindness | 2 |
the ears of the | 2 |
which it could be | 2 |
as if it was | 2 |
sale to edwin epps | 2 |
to return to my | 2 |
a farm in the | 2 |
out of the way | 2 |
that as i had | 2 |
law of the state | 2 |
took hold of my | 2 |
the consequences of my | 2 |
a short time after | 2 |
been gone so long | 2 |
the blade of a | 2 |
never been able to | 2 |
riding into the yard | 2 |
to be found in | 2 |
made my way back | 2 |
with a large basket | 2 |
of paper after nine | 2 |
the time of her | 2 |
judge wash is alone | 2 |
infernal yelps of the | 2 |
same person named in | 2 |
first meeting with his | 2 |
preparing for succeeding crops | 2 |
memphis with a load | 2 |
the same person named | 2 |
looked at me a | 2 |
he did not think | 2 |
patsey denies his charges | 2 |
the little white children | 2 |
led to the swamp | 2 |
account of his ride | 2 |
said that if he | 2 |
mistress of the house | 2 |
at that time it | 2 |
him the particulars of | 2 |
wife of said solomon | 2 |
in such manner that | 2 |
never resided out of | 2 |
temptation to murder him | 2 |
slumbering in their sins | 2 |
in the immediate vicinity | 2 |
i could read and | 2 |
and flogging of the | 2 |
but was not allowed | 2 |
had been sold by | 2 |
adjournment of the legislature | 2 |
and began the work | 2 |
of their past history | 2 |
told me that she | 2 |
as quickly as possible | 2 |
expenses incurred in carrying | 2 |
to de ingin nation | 2 |
the sum of one | 2 |
little children to come | 2 |
and of the life | 2 |
necessary to procure such | 2 |
to a man named | 2 |
his account of the | 2 |
at the thought of | 2 |
and directed me to | 2 |
the glory of the | 2 |
up dat oak and | 2 |
cords which bind me | 2 |
write the book and | 2 |
this side the mississippi | 2 |
i had endeavored to | 2 |
mouth of the sack | 2 |
to go to her | 2 |
month for my master | 2 |
destruction of the cotton | 2 |
in anticipation of escape | 2 |
when he will be | 2 |
not allowed to sit | 2 |
in my efforts to | 2 |
fugitives in the great | 2 |
on returning to the | 2 |
wife and three children | 2 |
wife and big plantation | 2 |
of the cane knife | 2 |
was a colored man | 2 |
conversation with aunt phebe | 2 |
position on the plantation | 2 |
plenty of time for | 2 |
as i could to | 2 |
discover his slaves in | 2 |
as a slave in | 2 |
and there in the | 2 |
there was not another | 2 |
to come to him | 2 |
to my mother and | 2 |
residing in the vicinity | 2 |
with such credentials and | 2 |
enough to make out | 2 |
my escape from slavery | 2 |
knowledge of my real | 2 |
me to the depot | 2 |
appointed and employed henry | 2 |
the first fight with | 2 |
to take her to | 2 |
plantation and other places | 2 |
the juice of the | 2 |
and takes the rope | 2 |
the bosom of my | 2 |
in order to satisfy | 2 |
and go back to | 2 |
epps in a dancing | 2 |
it is against the | 2 |
the slaves of the | 2 |
taking off my hat | 2 |
not be out of | 2 |
the th of january | 2 |
and this was the | 2 |
for at least an | 2 |
the session of the | 2 |
in the south is | 2 |
a wife and children | 2 |
a rod from the | 2 |
he was proceeding to | 2 |
my master and five | 2 |
dismount and take to | 2 |
which i am now | 2 |
proof to establish the | 2 |
description of the stocks | 2 |
during the day he | 2 |
pen being covered with | 2 |
i make myself known | 2 |
at thirty dollars per | 2 |
and your memorialist further | 2 |
i could not do | 2 |
for the care of | 2 |
at the decoration of | 2 |
two dollars a week | 2 |
i went to a | 2 |
side of a row | 2 |
they were able to | 2 |
let me have my | 2 |
he cuts the cords | 2 |
of ploughing and preparing | 2 |
the parting between mother | 2 |
was two stories high | 2 |
to the satisfaction of | 2 |
in this way i | 2 |
the church of christ | 2 |
sent to hell by | 2 |
i had no more | 2 |
as soon as she | 2 |
the termination of the | 2 |
the end of that | 2 |
i was passing the | 2 |
the system of marriage | 2 |
in a few days | 2 |
as counsel for the | 2 |
i went at once | 2 |
for a term of | 2 |
could see and hear | 2 |
i knew i was | 2 |
comes to be moved | 2 |
county of washington aforesaid | 2 |
our share of the | 2 |
a white man and | 2 |
of my deliverance was | 2 |
a slave in the | 2 |
at the cabin door | 2 |
to return to the | 2 |
the fault of the | 2 |
the seal of the | 2 |
and started on my | 2 |
am still a member | 2 |
the floor in the | 2 |
copy of his letter | 2 |
ride into the field | 2 |
could under the circumstances | 2 |
burch and radburn entered | 2 |
season of the children | 2 |
told him if he | 2 |
and looking at the | 2 |
me along with him | 2 |
during the nine years | 2 |
slaves on seeing me | 2 |
how they were quieted | 2 |
she has stood by | 2 |
previous to my departure | 2 |
the hands of a | 2 |
it is the only | 2 |
passage on the first | 2 |
was the kind of | 2 |
of the laws of | 2 |
my travels to hunt | 2 |
a greater or less | 2 |
i seized him by | 2 |
the music of the | 2 |
any usage or rule | 2 |
through the town with | 2 |
in the south were | 2 |
such agent or agents | 2 |
white man and a | 2 |
where are you going | 2 |
or pretence that such | 2 |
to attract the attention | 2 |
be a moment idle | 2 |
he told me i | 2 |
was then offered as | 2 |
roll up our blankets | 2 |
said solomon was married | 2 |
was a little negro | 2 |
have mercy on me | 2 |
i agreed with him | 2 |
of any usage or | 2 |
the organization and duties | 2 |
citizens of the state | 2 |
for a couple of | 2 |
the county of wake | 2 |
after a short time | 2 |
of half an hour | 2 |
the torment of thirst | 2 |
wilson informed me that | 2 |
in the prosecution of | 2 |
with lawrence went to | 2 |
as many as thirty | 2 |
a place of service | 2 |
in the cross of | 2 |
my mother was away | 2 |
not yet able to | 2 |
mourns for her children | 2 |
wid a josey on | 2 |
came to me in | 2 |
corner of the house | 2 |
my father was sold | 2 |
it is in the | 2 |
was drawn up and | 2 |
the pain in my | 2 |
arrival of little emily | 2 |
think it worth while | 2 |
saved in my way | 2 |
as i was able | 2 |
departure of the agent | 2 |
the fourth and last | 2 |
fast as he could | 2 |
wiley disregards the counsels | 2 |
a short distance in | 2 |
the hold at night | 2 |
in the doorway of | 2 |
the day before christmas | 2 |
gal wid a josey | 2 |
him who i was | 2 |
she had no doubt | 2 |
will presently be seen | 2 |
of polly crockett berry | 2 |
we were ordered to | 2 |
those who read these | 2 |
by the laws of | 2 |
permission to go to | 2 |
to look to but | 2 |
of which i am | 2 |
having been born free | 2 |
sustained me through all | 2 |
the master of my | 2 |
the same side of | 2 |
to be moved to | 2 |
to be sold again | 2 |
him on the subject | 2 |
the staking out and | 2 |
to the other side | 2 |
a house for a | 2 |
power to bayou boeuf | 2 |
early the next morning | 2 |
that i was going | 2 |
attempt to escape from | 2 |
ordered me to go | 2 |
alone sufficient to substantiate | 2 |
and one of them | 2 |
have been enabled to | 2 |
the morning we were | 2 |
she was of an | 2 |
two daughters and one | 2 |
nowhere else can they | 2 |
into the pine woods | 2 |
the blood of the | 2 |
of my true name | 2 |
the plantation and other | 2 |
at the rate of | 2 |
i could not comprehend | 2 |
with hands and feet | 2 |
with great difficulty that | 2 |
he was somewhat surprised | 2 |
be a good boy | 2 |
of all persons whatsoever | 2 |
if they could have | 2 |
loss of rest no | 2 |
taken back home to | 2 |
how i came to | 2 |
piece of poplar wood | 2 |
soon as it was | 2 |
glimpse of his history | 2 |
and confidence was in | 2 |
when the sack is | 2 |
board the brig orleans | 2 |
louisiana with all convenient | 2 |
as far back as | 2 |
god was on my | 2 |
i could not be | 2 |
commanded me to do | 2 |
the city of the | 2 |
house for a grocery | 2 |
towards the close of | 2 |
some day the silver | 2 |
in the discretion of | 2 |
they entered into conversation | 2 |
room in which i | 2 |
it is in other | 2 |
or any of the | 2 |
there was a great | 2 |
the keg of nails | 2 |
the top of a | 2 |
first steamer that arrived | 2 |
the meeting with bass | 2 |
parting from little emily | 2 |
polly crockett berry to | 2 |
bass faithful to his | 2 |
in the progress of | 2 |
i have this day | 2 |
not far from alexandria | 2 |
exercising in the show | 2 |
night in the new | 2 |
i next went to | 2 |
claimed as a slave | 2 |
upon my heart like | 2 |
the fear that i | 2 |
children to come unto | 2 |
the reception of the | 2 |
the influence of the | 2 |
said solomon northup was | 2 |
there may have been | 2 |
take care of her | 2 |
was then on board | 2 |
proved to be a | 2 |
i was informed that | 2 |
a man in whose | 2 |
went to narragansett pier | 2 |
as i learned from | 2 |
we were all on | 2 |
no right to take | 2 |
the corners of the | 2 |
of pleas and quarter | 2 |
and in this order | 2 |
caught him by the | 2 |
visit her once a | 2 |
old and the young | 2 |
by adam taydem and | 2 |
not one word of | 2 |
taking passage on the | 2 |
much as to say | 2 |
come down to the | 2 |
a great number of | 2 |
and that i could | 2 |
know not but they | 2 |
discretion of the superintendent | 2 |
both white and black | 2 |
and her last child | 2 |
was made from the | 2 |
for three days i | 2 |
the question of slavery | 2 |
after the adjournment of | 2 |
description of the cane | 2 |
the ne plus ultra | 2 |
time had not yet | 2 |
of rest no excuse | 2 |
a paper was drawn | 2 |
when he was gone | 2 |
the use of the | 2 |
large cotton and sugar | 2 |
i met a colored | 2 |
went to the house | 2 |
of my life and | 2 |
and is hunted with | 2 |
as soon as he | 2 |
of the red river | 2 |
a terrible blow to | 2 |
refusal to secrete me | 2 |
and take to the | 2 |
presence of the mistress | 2 |
at the hands of | 2 |
and when i went | 2 |
these presents shall come | 2 |
afraid that i would | 2 |
the united brethren church | 2 |
told him i had | 2 |
i had to deal | 2 |
of the front door | 2 |
lean condition of the | 2 |
thoughts of my family | 2 |
whom these presents shall | 2 |
removing to bayou boeuf | 2 |
informed that he would | 2 |
hour on bayou boeuf | 2 |
the lean condition of | 2 |
the source of profit | 2 |
at the conclusion of | 2 |
might he be d | 2 |
sudden appearance of tibeats | 2 |
he sent me to | 2 |
after this time i | 2 |
i was not in | 2 |
movable bottom is then | 2 |
perhaps i did not | 2 |
the days of the | 2 |
it was a great | 2 |
the money was paid | 2 |
from thence he removed | 2 |
to the measure of | 2 |
is hunted with blood | 2 |
appointed driver on removing | 2 |
on the brink of | 2 |
and in his good | 2 |
the blankets and provisions | 2 |
instructions as will be | 2 |
was rejected by the | 2 |
watches of the night | 2 |
i have known of | 2 |
in which case the | 2 |
be moved to another | 2 |
if he succeeded in | 2 |
had plenty of time | 2 |
one hundred and forty | 2 |
most likely to accomplish | 2 |
i expected to receive | 2 |
allowed to go to | 2 |
i looked forward to | 2 |
the building to which | 2 |
to the conversion of | 2 |
office of the governor | 2 |
free citizen or inhabitant | 2 |
i want in dis | 2 |
should not be allowed | 2 |
as he said it | 2 |
they almost overtake me | 2 |
eliza and the children | 2 |
and instructions as will | 2 |
that he was well | 2 |
of an hour or | 2 |
may be heard on | 2 |
revolving in my mind | 2 |
there is no distinction | 2 |
and invested with authority | 2 |
the south we have | 2 |
made it her home | 2 |
a sufficient number of | 2 |
but was unable to | 2 |
him or any other | 2 |
the month of july | 2 |
the story of eliza | 2 |
build a house for | 2 |
there was a light | 2 |
if it falls short | 2 |
could do no less | 2 |
an account of my | 2 |
not go to the | 2 |
it was too bad | 2 |
reputation of being the | 2 |
knew the children of | 2 |
for the county of | 2 |
the story of celeste | 2 |
a row of cotton | 2 |
found that i could | 2 |
residing on red river | 2 |
my brother and sister | 2 |
that i would soon | 2 |
free from the claims | 2 |
he would flog her | 2 |
the testimony of judge | 2 |
and that he did | 2 |
the end of two | 2 |
are armed and accompanied | 2 |
taking hold of my | 2 |
until this time i | 2 |
within the shadow of | 2 |
the idea of insurrection | 2 |
of a citizen of | 2 |
attract the attention of | 2 |
remained there one week | 2 |
answered that i was | 2 |
me to read and | 2 |
section of the country | 2 |
cherub took me by | 2 |
the sound of their | 2 |
overseer on this plantation | 2 |
anxiety to reach the | 2 |
who had made it | 2 |
was going to start | 2 |
i have no doubt | 2 |
at the pine woods | 2 |
armsby leaves the bayou | 2 |
upon the sufferings of | 2 |
the adjournment of the | 2 |
of all kinds of | 2 |
the law of the | 2 |
and after i had | 2 |
bill of sale was | 2 |
did not seem to | 2 |
i must leave the | 2 |
said he had no | 2 |
it in my hands | 2 |
i was allowed to | 2 |
up to the time | 2 |
place of his birth | 2 |
of the birth of | 2 |
epps challenged by marshall | 2 |
conveyed to the far | 2 |
quarrel and fight like | 2 |
me to remain in | 2 |
and when i was | 2 |
caught by the patrollers | 2 |
the house for the | 2 |
my return to the | 2 |
just in time to | 2 |
the wrath of my | 2 |
asked him if he | 2 |
the other side of | 2 |
at length he came | 2 |
i am now writing | 2 |
and this deponent saith | 2 |
what was to be | 2 |
organization and duties of | 2 |
on returning from the | 2 |
any of the slaves | 2 |
and i was so | 2 |
to have been enabled | 2 |
arrival of the letter | 2 |
to come unto me | 2 |
while i was in | 2 |
the bow of the | 2 |
in the bosoms of | 2 |
person is a slave | 2 |
epps discuss the question | 2 |
much pleased with the | 2 |
god had given me | 2 |
music in our ears | 2 |
proceed to collect the | 2 |
the old gentleman of | 2 |
was a piece of | 2 |
speculations in regard to | 2 |
long as he wanted | 2 |
a resident in the | 2 |
of us had to | 2 |
ordered her to be | 2 |
and then to return | 2 |
were not in vain | 2 |
agent or agents as | 2 |
god required of me | 2 |
me if i could | 2 |
remained in his family | 2 |
had by this time | 2 |
dat oak and down | 2 |
her idea of god | 2 |
that any free citizen | 2 |
will serve as a | 2 |
father of said solomon | 2 |
the home of the | 2 |
to my master and | 2 |
with the two white | 2 |
as white as snow | 2 |
my mother and told | 2 |
i was doomed to | 2 |
if there was any | 2 |
in this manner they | 2 |
the mode of cultivating | 2 |
it was not until | 2 |
their lessons for them | 2 |
complaint has been made | 2 |
of which i now | 2 |
i dismount and take | 2 |
handkerchiefs tied about their | 2 |
for many years had | 2 |
on the help of | 2 |
arrangements for the future | 2 |
was fortunate for me | 2 |
that it would be | 2 |
astonishment of the slaves | 2 |
daughters and one son | 2 |
returned to my family | 2 |
to the sabine river | 2 |
get me something to | 2 |
i made every effort | 2 |
compelled to keep up | 2 |
following is a copy | 2 |
partially confide in him | 2 |
as near as i | 2 |
hired to peter tanner | 2 |
for a colored man | 2 |
that for and in | 2 |
sugar mill on bayou | 2 |
as he reached the | 2 |
of a cotton field | 2 |
not want to disturb | 2 |
unable to inform him | 2 |
who have never been | 2 |
to bear up against | 2 |
you the names of | 2 |
me if i was | 2 |
is deemed or taken | 2 |
me in hand paid | 2 |
session of the court | 2 |
through the influence of | 2 |
there was no other | 2 |
the counsel for the | 2 |
if i had been | 2 |
in the city and | 2 |
description of uncle abram | 2 |
and seal of office | 2 |
to help build a | 2 |
a wife and two | 2 |
to the ground and | 2 |
to close the meeting | 2 |
and his said wife | 2 |
sisters fall to mrs | 2 |
a great many times | 2 |
that he should not | 2 |
in a dancing mood | 2 |
occurred at fort edward | 2 |
was born in said | 2 |
i was the means | 2 |
deem necessary to procure | 2 |
emily and her mother | 2 |
at the foot of | 2 |
during the session of | 2 |
looked at me sharply | 2 |
ever yearned since my | 2 |
contrary to the provisions | 2 |
the expression of their | 2 |
morning we were called | 2 |
time of my return | 2 |
always lived in said | 2 |
for him in the | 2 |
if he did not | 2 |
out of the yard | 2 |
it was too dark | 2 |
in the great pacoudrie | 2 |
after i had attended | 2 |
who bought my mother | 2 |
description of the dance | 2 |
to stay through the | 2 |
not a word passed | 2 |
that the said mintus | 2 |
grand army of the | 2 |
to play on the | 2 |
he removed to the | 2 |
what it was to | 2 |
at that season of | 2 |
he was the only | 2 |
in the woods about | 2 |
the shore of red | 2 |
when there was no | 2 |
the first steamer that | 2 |
proportion to the number | 2 |
beyond the reach of | 2 |
and while i was | 2 |
the sounds of life | 2 |
by the appearance of | 2 |
the course of half | 2 |
in a room in | 2 |
for some time a | 2 |
i made acquaintance with | 2 |
was not unusual for | 2 |
that he is now | 2 |
i was his slave | 2 |
justices of the peace | 2 |
the shadow of the | 2 |
so far as to | 2 |
said solomon was held | 2 |
remarked that i had | 2 |
other side of the | 2 |
that it can be | 2 |
was compelled to go | 2 |
i have found him | 2 |
ordered to hire myself | 2 |
that is writing for | 2 |
men by these presents | 2 |
with emotions of gratitude | 2 |
had now come for | 2 |
he would call again | 2 |
see her only once | 2 |
anger of the trader | 2 |
i have been able | 2 |
negro or mulatto to | 2 |
were taken from the | 2 |
it is only a | 2 |
rachel repeats the occurrences | 2 |
back to the plantation | 2 |
he had never before | 2 |
the franklin evening school | 2 |
i told him that | 2 |
solomon is now wrongfully | 2 |
in due course of | 2 |
found out that i | 2 |
slave pen at washington | 2 |
the proper proof to | 2 |
substantiate the claim of | 2 |
the memorial and affidavits | 2 |
she would let him | 2 |
my duty to god | 2 |
of the bayou boeuf | 2 |
were driven into the | 2 |
your name is platt | 2 |
was not to be | 2 |
o could i speak | 2 |
that one of the | 2 |
repeats the occurrences of | 2 |
removal from huff power | 2 |
and five dollars for | 2 |
continued to reside until | 2 |
one of his own | 2 |
one of the most | 2 |
there must be a | 2 |
and i was duly | 2 |
the cotton in the | 2 |
slave as i was | 2 |
have never been able | 2 |
had lived to see | 2 |
visit to bayou boeuf | 2 |
person to be restored | 2 |
he had made a | 2 |
revealed to me that | 2 |
the sheriff from marksville | 2 |
i never knew a | 2 |
was not deemed prudent | 2 |
to whip me for | 2 |
to the sound of | 2 |
stood by the gate | 2 |
fed twice a day | 2 |
year and a half | 2 |
the heart of the | 2 |
idea that they were | 2 |
upon the subject of | 2 |
began the work of | 2 |
and ran for the | 2 |
the coon and opossum | 2 |
such credentials and instructions | 2 |
is caught by the | 2 |
came in possession of | 2 |
the bayou on a | 2 |
was so much interested | 2 |
me in the cabin | 2 |
three or four miles | 2 |
as he did not | 2 |
little wife and big | 2 |
that i should go | 2 |
on any account whatever | 2 |
remain a limited time | 2 |
i have hereunto affixed | 2 |
to make my escape | 2 |
for the reception of | 2 |
the provisions of this | 2 |
harry and i were | 2 |
of my arm and | 2 |
the carnival season of | 2 |
that i could have | 2 |
entertains his companions with | 2 |
and entered the house | 2 |
as well as you | 2 |
the statute of may | 2 |
fifty years of age | 2 |
authorized to appoint and | 2 |
of aunt phebe and | 2 |
that deponent knew the | 2 |
i was bound to | 2 |
any free citizen or | 2 |
in one or two | 2 |
that said solomon is | 2 |
had ample time for | 2 |
but at length i | 2 |
taken to be a | 2 |
on receipt of the | 2 |
i would like to | 2 |
to be a moment | 2 |
i did not disclose | 2 |
was never permitted to | 2 |
to see uncle ben | 2 |
demand for laborers in | 2 |
to the colored people | 2 |
buys uncle ben from | 2 |
world to look to | 2 |
it is difficult to | 2 |
in the purchase of | 2 |
been sent down to | 2 |
look to but god | 2 |
members of the race | 2 |
watched with all our | 2 |
plans resorted to by | 2 |
faith and credit are | 2 |
rescues solomon from hanging | 2 |
sink into my flesh | 2 |
my term of service | 2 |
quite out of the | 2 |
and going to the | 2 |
is no way of | 2 |
bosom of my family | 2 |
i venture to say | 2 |
mother in the pen | 2 |
to the place where | 2 |
purchased in the new | 2 |
then went to the | 2 |
two sisters fall to | 2 |
on his way to | 2 |
her husband had been | 2 |
in order to be | 2 |
both as to food | 2 |
a large company of | 2 |
of said mintus northup | 2 |
dansley as long as | 2 |
of the hounds and | 2 |
which occurred at fort | 2 |
to appoint and employ | 2 |
the soil of freedom | 2 |
the chief object of | 2 |
and her mother in | 2 |
master of my wife | 2 |
had come out of | 2 |
from the place of | 2 |
considerable sum of money | 2 |
state within twenty days | 2 |
what is the matter | 2 |
cunning of the latter | 2 |
made the effort to | 2 |
about the middle of | 2 |
wrath of my master | 2 |
a few years after | 2 |
that i had done | 2 |
with a genealogical account | 2 |
to leave the house | 2 |
i obeyed the commands | 2 |
i got a place | 2 |
to the custom house | 2 |
one part of the | 2 |
that he was growing | 2 |
to the latter place | 2 |
in their best attire | 2 |
number of lashes is | 2 |
now wrongfully held in | 2 |
that i had received | 2 |
to give me a | 2 |
in such a state | 2 |
i was soon to | 2 |
fate of my petition | 2 |
and was in danger | 2 |
the next time he | 2 |
or as it is | 2 |
the home of my | 2 |
he answered that i | 2 |
plus ultra of dinners | 2 |
hour is always just | 2 |
running out from the | 2 |
by this time become | 2 |
and gave me a | 2 |
at the expiration of | 2 |
out and flogging of | 2 |
yourself in my place | 2 |
i knew in my | 2 |
testimony of judge wash | 2 |
and i was to | 2 |
take you home to | 2 |
procure such person to | 2 |
slaves on bayou boeuf | 2 |
peter expounds the scriptures | 2 |
full power to effect | 2 |
the last moment of | 2 |
decided to go to | 2 |
he has been called | 2 |
with hope and fear | 2 |
solomon in his plantation | 2 |
in obedience to his | 2 |
those who have never | 2 |
be danger in visiting | 2 |
a great difference between | 2 |
arrival at sandy hill | 2 |
of god and of | 2 |
ben runs away and | 2 |
it is for the | 2 |
brother and sister and | 2 |
i had always been | 2 |
the man who wrote | 2 |
any other overseer on | 2 |
have this day bargained | 2 |
necessary to effect the | 2 |
rod from the house | 2 |
and told him she | 2 |
had been there a | 2 |
difficulty of obtaining an | 2 |
and among the rest | 2 |
if i would accompany | 2 |
his watch was off | 2 |
the conversation on new | 2 |
i would not have | 2 |
is writing for me | 2 |
taking it to the | 2 |
had a fair trial | 2 |
when i should be | 2 |
on the soil of | 2 |
learned that they were | 2 |
the help of god | 2 |
meeting on the bayou | 2 |
grown in that region | 2 |
school with the children | 2 |
came in from the | 2 |
came back from the | 2 |
would never have dreamed | 2 |
i was destined to | 2 |
returning from the field | 2 |
they are armed and | 2 |
our blankets round us | 2 |
to remain a limited | 2 |
he attacks me with | 2 |
uncle ben runs away | 2 |
dogs in anticipation of | 2 |
huff power to bayou | 2 |
where the vine had | 2 |
had the pleasure of | 2 |
difference between myself and | 2 |
one plantation to another | 2 |
should be put in | 2 |
personal appearance and eccentricities | 2 |
i lived in a | 2 |
got a position as | 2 |
an equality with the | 2 |
taking me to the | 2 |
clerk of the court | 2 |
been sold by wilson | 2 |
thirteen hundred and eighty | 2 |
what had become of | 2 |
book in my hand | 2 |
the just orders of | 2 |
moved to another field | 2 |
course of half an | 2 |
locked in the cell | 2 |
she was in a | 2 |
been kidnapped and sold | 2 |
had fallen to the | 2 |
bear up against the | 2 |
i had reached my | 2 |
in the same yard | 2 |
been born a freeman | 2 |
labors of the day | 2 |
any hand or hands | 2 |
by reason of the | 2 |
it would be a | 2 |
i knew if i | 2 |
there would be a | 2 |
in danger of being | 2 |
i was now in | 2 |
the great number of | 2 |
at the time the | 2 |
on the cabin floor | 2 |
everybody must believe him | 2 |
is the only thing | 2 |
being followed by the | 2 |
with the loud and | 2 |
away from home and | 2 |
no one to say | 2 |
was but a short | 2 |
best of my ability | 2 |
was a mulatto woman | 2 |
usage or rule of | 2 |
have no right to | 2 |
that his master would | 2 |
him to whip me | 2 |
memorial to the governor | 2 |
the county of oswego | 2 |
he was a white | 2 |
the period of my | 2 |
was a bill of | 2 |
the sides of the | 2 |
not know the meaning | 2 |
last day of my | 2 |
a fond mother forever | 2 |
the old and the | 2 |
my faith in him | 2 |
killed in the war | 2 |
have been able to | 2 |
arrival of black women | 2 |
by reason of my | 2 |
between epps and bass | 2 |
but that i might | 2 |
the rain was pattering | 2 |
and ordered to hire | 2 |
to the far south | 2 |
the punishment inflicted for | 2 |
i would go to | 2 |
back to bayou boeuf | 2 |
black women in the | 2 |
come home in a | 2 |
make use of my | 2 |
to me as his | 2 |
may be said to | 2 |
brown and hamilton were | 2 |
refused to sell her | 2 |
as being her own | 2 |
that god required of | 2 |
penalty of five hundred | 2 |
such efforts as i | 2 |
ford censures his brutality | 2 |
down into the yard | 2 |
that i must be | 2 |
it was a very | 2 |
and i will help | 2 |
the little white man | 2 |
such person to his | 2 |
at the mouth of | 2 |
like a drunken man | 2 |
in consideration of the | 2 |
the next morning we | 2 |
between mother and child | 2 |
are responsible for their | 2 |
master and five dollars | 2 |
lived to see the | 2 |
i cannot describe it | 2 |
the people of the | 2 |
accompanied them to the | 2 |
to stay with her | 2 |
of the master and | 2 |
great pine woods was | 2 |
a considerable sum of | 2 |
the overseer to degrade | 2 |
legislature of the state | 2 |
came to the house | 2 |
to the last moment | 2 |
the book and i | 2 |
him that i was | 2 |
of the cotton crop | 2 |
entered the great house | 2 |
and the consolation it | 2 |
it was customary in | 2 |
five dollars for myself | 2 |
his companions with an | 2 |
breakfast on the steamer | 2 |
little emily and her | 2 |
some sign or sound | 2 |
were to be seen | 2 |
came back to boston | 2 |
the meaning of these | 2 |
in answer to his | 2 |
to me in the | 2 |
and credit are due | 2 |
was on my side | 2 |
hurry to the field | 2 |
me that i could | 2 |
the best method of | 2 |
eight years of age | 2 |
and my wife and | 2 |
were put into a | 2 |
that he would go | 2 |
the course of a | 2 |
aunt phebe and patsey | 2 |
him by the throat | 2 |
i was to enter | 2 |
of two of the | 2 |
the time they were | 2 |
as long as god | 2 |
looks up to thee | 2 |
is one of the | 2 |
it had been arranged | 2 |
of the small houses | 2 |
is always just before | 2 |
she still mourns for | 2 |
on the plantation as | 2 |
sister decided to go | 2 |
i resolved upon a | 2 |
i could see the | 2 |
at his own wit | 2 |
i turned to the | 2 |
in the spring of | 2 |
the reputation of being | 2 |
god according to the | 2 |
labors of another day | 2 |
was placed in the | 2 |
is situated on the | 2 |
i was met by | 2 |
he had hired me | 2 |
her mother in the | 2 |
not want to let | 2 |
side of the road | 2 |
free citizens of the | 2 |
emerged from my hiding | 2 |
made his escape to | 2 |
whom i have had | 2 |
know all men by | 2 |
the letter reaches saratoga | 2 |
service i was to | 2 |
to come short of | 2 |
myself among the number | 2 |
with him to the | 2 |
book and i will | 2 |
he might have been | 2 |
that i might go | 2 |
provisions of this act | 2 |
impossibility of pleasing him | 2 |
in his good time | 2 |
in the south we | 2 |
of some of the | 2 |
i made my way | 2 |
as i knew them | 2 |
message to the pine | 2 |
my departure for the | 2 |
that i had no | 2 |
night in the great | 2 |
day the silver cord | 2 |
the consciousness of my | 2 |
the next day after | 2 |
something of their past | 2 |
and a bill of | 2 |
and begged him to | 2 |
the while that i | 2 |
the arrival of black | 2 |
in the marksville post | 2 |
to school with the | 2 |
me in the back | 2 |
short distance in the | 2 |
on removing to bayou | 2 |
use of my time | 2 |
but all in vain | 2 |
the tall trees and | 2 |
i did not go | 2 |
to whom i belong | 2 |
man and his wife | 2 |
the discretion of the | 2 |
would take up the | 2 |
from the time we | 2 |
business it is to | 2 |
i had so long | 2 |
he is a man | 2 |
the reader has already | 2 |
and that the said | 2 |
resident in the city | 2 |
there a short time | 2 |
i could not speak | 2 |
for some sign or | 2 |
up a flight of | 2 |
not one of them | 2 |
learned to read and | 2 |
him as long as | 2 |
might have been made | 2 |
to thank god for | 2 |
it is a fact | 2 |
as i learned afterwards | 2 |
of the sum of | 2 |
was ready to depart | 2 |
six hundred and twenty | 2 |
but that if i | 2 |
efforts as i could | 2 |
it would have saved | 2 |
us to lay down | 2 |
forty years of age | 2 |
which was about the | 2 |
than the generality of | 2 |
berry to the defendant | 2 |
and truthful statement of | 2 |
that section of the | 2 |
ordered me to continue | 2 |
lawson and the brown | 2 |
i could no longer | 2 |
i took to the | 2 |
and my mother had | 2 |
to our new home | 2 |
told him who i | 2 |
start out on my | 2 |
of said solomon was | 2 |
departure for the south | 2 |
often told me that | 2 |
of the united brethren | 2 |
the fever of suspense | 2 |
contemplation of my fate | 2 |
out of the front | 2 |
naked to four stakes | 2 |
wife and two children | 2 |
in the same neighborhood | 2 |
building to which the | 2 |
that i might not | 2 |
the fear of the | 2 |
to see her only | 2 |
to those who have | 2 |
to the number of | 2 |
if it were only | 2 |
entitled an act more | 2 |
full faith and credit | 2 |
oak and down dat | 2 |
of the state under | 2 |
the expense of so | 2 |
the best i could | 2 |
for which he was | 2 |
at this moment i | 2 |
one and then another | 2 |
a few days before | 2 |
that i was his | 2 |
piazza of the great | 2 |
he was a native | 2 |
so that i could | 2 |
by him in the | 2 |
yearned since my earliest | 2 |
a room in the | 2 |
of the day were | 2 |
told her i was | 2 |
wants me to go | 2 |
observations from the fence | 2 |
meeting in the forecastle | 2 |
description of the latter | 2 |
defendant as being her | 2 |
meetings in the woods | 2 |
one side of a | 2 |
of sight of land | 2 |
stay as long as | 2 |
well as the whites | 2 |
would sell me to | 2 |
they take my track | 2 |
and more than once | 2 |
was situated the plantation | 2 |
art a little slave | 2 |
a start for the | 2 |
i was placed in | 2 |
departure of northup and | 2 |
a short time my | 2 |
she had been there | 2 |
it is the custom | 2 |
would not have such | 2 |
home intoxicated from holmesville | 2 |
i suggested that the | 2 |
been there a short | 2 |
of the family in | 2 |
and report to wilson | 2 |
in the tanning business | 2 |
he carried with him | 2 |
that he had bought | 2 |
staking out and flogging | 2 |
wanted me to stay | 2 |
of randall and eliza | 2 |
stayed in the woods | 2 |
epps was on the | 2 |
along one side of | 2 |
researches and wonderous revelations | 2 |
and i was filled | 2 |
told him i would | 2 |
sales for the year | 2 |
is pretty little wife | 2 |
he informed me that | 2 |
as soon as i | 2 |
came to a little | 2 |
came riding into the | 2 |
a house belonging to | 2 |
and the particulars of | 2 |
was the case with | 2 |
claims of all persons | 2 |
his arrival on christmas | 2 |
first time in my | 2 |
back home to james | 2 |
of little emily and | 2 |
order of the march | 2 |
not more than ten | 2 |
which would not be | 2 |
strangers approaching through the | 2 |
be out of place | 2 |
and when i had | 2 |
by means of a | 2 |
that her children should | 2 |
from home and family | 2 |
he did not believe | 2 |
the escape from him | 2 |
her cup of water | 2 |
in the top of | 2 |
in the time of | 2 |
me in a great | 2 |
they may be seen | 2 |
overseer on the plantation | 2 |
i thought i could | 2 |
presence of the lord | 2 |
on the road to | 2 |
of four hundred dollars | 2 |
as it was when | 2 |
convinced that i had | 2 |
one of the best | 2 |
little gal wid a | 2 |
it would be to | 2 |
o thou great jehovah | 2 |
i have been obliged | 2 |
top of the frame | 2 |
description of the fish | 2 |
danger in visiting raleigh | 2 |
to the kitchen and | 2 |
the hand and led | 2 |
meeting in the cabin | 2 |
look about for a | 2 |
in all my life | 2 |
sheet of paper after | 2 |
that i was at | 2 |
the gathering of the | 2 |
corner of the room | 2 |
she is tied down | 2 |
i could not feel | 2 |
come to the yard | 2 |
i took with me | 2 |
with all our eyes | 2 |
and is caught by | 2 |
did not disclose my | 2 |
i need not say | 2 |
may not be out | 2 |
take my brother and | 2 |
manner in which i | 2 |
to stay as long | 2 |
old gentleman of new | 2 |
because it brings them | 2 |
the family moved to | 2 |
do as i pleased | 2 |
goodin then turned to | 2 |
and he told me | 2 |
food to sustain life | 2 |
rarely to be seen | 2 |
at length i observed | 2 |
the pease and ham | 2 |
and that said solomon | 2 |
the flesh of the | 2 |
establish the right of | 2 |
upon the earth and | 2 |
genealogical account of each | 2 |
bear to look upon | 2 |
he was gone i | 2 |
and placed in a | 2 |
with the pease and | 2 |
his subsequent escape to | 2 |
the place and the | 2 |
abrupt departure of tibeats | 2 |
of us in the | 2 |
and as i had | 2 |
that she would not | 2 |
one end of the | 2 |
saves me from being | 2 |
the life of her | 2 |
and a great many | 2 |
uses of the gourd | 2 |
some of the persons | 2 |
the town of fort | 2 |
been brought up in | 2 |
deliverance was at hand | 2 |
and work one month | 2 |
carriage and drove away | 2 |
and asked god to | 2 |
if she was not | 2 |
in the usual manner | 2 |
such person to be | 2 |
old friends and familiar | 2 |
attempt to hang me | 2 |
it is hoed the | 2 |
and in the morning | 2 |
of northup and the | 2 |
under the direction of | 2 |
the city of washington | 2 |
to get a place | 2 |
the attempt to hang | 2 |
the house of my | 2 |
epps in the tanning | 2 |
deemed or taken to | 2 |
carried with him to | 2 |
not deem that i | 2 |
it would require two | 2 |
the foot of the | 2 |
as soon as my | 2 |
the subject of my | 2 |
in the rear of | 2 |
judge turner on bayou | 2 |
and in consideration of | 2 |
that season of the | 2 |
where there was a | 2 |
or she shall be | 2 |
and my master and | 2 |
being her own child | 2 |
the will of the | 2 |
sons and daughters of | 2 |
a flood of light | 2 |
first one and then | 2 |
i would have to | 2 |
deposited in the post | 2 |
recovery and return to | 2 |
never will i forget | 2 |
in one part of | 2 |
in proportion to the | 2 |
i accompanied him to | 2 |
had been in her | 2 |
hunting the coon and | 2 |
posey was a little | 2 |
it was only the | 2 |
one of the young | 2 |
the exact position of | 2 |
endeavors to cheer me | 2 |
but could not reach | 2 |
only once in two | 2 |
farewell to my mother | 2 |
so as to make | 2 |
arrived at holly springs | 2 |
know the meaning of | 2 |
i had been in | 2 |
had learned to read | 2 |
within twenty days thereafter | 2 |
i shall never forget | 2 |
the cotton crop in | 2 |
thought i heard a | 2 |
was and that i | 2 |
another attempt to escape | 2 |
pretty little wife and | 2 |
as i was not | 2 |
to look upon the | 2 |
in the day time | 2 |
suggests a fortunate idea | 2 |
want in dis creation | 2 |
a flight of steps | 2 |
i had not seen | 2 |
to the cotton field | 2 |
to put them in | 2 |
that he would not | 2 |
i am indebted for | 2 |
break i came to | 2 |
for my mother and | 2 |
of the poor slave | 2 |
time before i could | 2 |
on my return to | 2 |
was able to be | 2 |
to the will of | 2 |
not but they were | 2 |
a pair of old | 2 |
burch withdraws the complaint | 2 |
narrative of solomon northup | 2 |
and an old woman | 2 |
abolition lectures or not | 2 |
at least an hour | 2 |
in the capacity of | 2 |
but it was not | 2 |
to make the attempt | 2 |
of two hundred and | 2 |
the time he was | 2 |
he was a resident | 2 |
i struck the water | 2 |
the hands of god | 2 |
all of us would | 2 |
his two sisters fall | 2 |
was not fit to | 2 |
on the morning of | 2 |
i was guilty of | 2 |
to start a grocery | 2 |
appointed by the governor | 2 |
them for something to | 2 |
and the sheriff from | 2 |
the bucket of salt | 2 |
which gave me a | 2 |
i could just see | 2 |
that brought us together | 2 |
the day and night | 2 |
and stopped at a | 2 |
was at the time | 2 |
army of the republic | 2 |
beneath thy guiding hand | 2 |
of the president was | 2 |
personal appearance of epps | 2 |
to raise money to | 2 |
the sight of the | 2 |
and depositing it in | 2 |
appointed driver in his | 2 |
there was not an | 2 |
means and plans resorted | 2 |
as the agent of | 2 |
floor in the great | 2 |
she had lived to | 2 |
came to a plantation | 2 |
the religion of jesus | 2 |
of black women in | 2 |
he said a man | 2 |
the sound of a | 2 |
friends and familiar scenes | 2 |
the great house with | 2 |
to establish the right | 2 |
of the system of | 2 |
to go to my | 2 |
as far as possible | 2 |
forbids reading and writing | 2 |
discovered by joseph b | 2 |
in the matter of | 2 |
various means and plans | 2 |
drawn up and signed | 2 |
would give me a | 2 |
once in two weeks | 2 |
the influence of his | 2 |
was obliged to keep | 2 |
the night previous to | 2 |
in common with others | 2 |
started in the direction | 2 |
and confinement in alexandria | 2 |
my deliverance was at | 2 |
meeting with his wife | 2 |
the city of norfolk | 2 |
which i was now | 2 |
i could think of | 2 |
sufficient to substantiate the | 2 |
the struggle over the | 2 |
but my mother was | 2 |
the prospect before me | 2 |
repeated to him my | 2 |
which the yard was | 2 |
mode of ploughing and | 2 |
my mistress and the | 2 |
emerge into the pine | 2 |
tall trees and the | 2 |
i was entitled to | 2 |
to decide what i | 2 |
and epps discuss the | 2 |
is drawn to the | 2 |
that i was being | 2 |
master epps was a | 2 |
the decoration of the | 2 |
he would do me | 2 |
waters of the gulf | 2 |
my master and the | 2 |
him in consequence of | 2 |
with full power to | 2 |
was the last time | 2 |
as we were able | 2 |
the line of women | 2 |
when i heard that | 2 |
of an entirely different | 2 |
as absurd as it | 2 |
as it is the | 2 |
five or six years | 2 |
in comparison with what | 2 |
the mode of ploughing | 2 |
my mother and brother | 2 |
took to the woods | 2 |
i have now arrived | 2 |