1. Edwin Epps, had even a hour's notice of what would happen, he would likely have foiled plans laid to reclaim Northup and free him. 170 The efforts they went to to free Northup were extraordinary, from collecting affidavits regarding his free status, to contacting prominent Louisiana politicians to secure introductions to local officials, to finally sending a prominent white man from Albany to Louisiana to find Northup;Louisiana to look for Northup. 169 Even then if Northup's owner
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin, she cited newspaper accounts of Northup's saga. 173 And then Northup dedicated his book to Stowe. Thus it may not be surprising that Northup's account has some close parallels to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like the fictional Uncle Tom, 174 Northup began with a kind owner who then, because of debt, was forced to sell him. 175 Through a series of transactions, Northup ended up -like Uncle Tom -with a ruthless owner who was motivated by 169 NORTHUP;Cabin;fact, when Harriet Beecher Stowe
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