Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
CHAPTER XVI.
61 words | Chapter 17
Overseers--How they are Armed and Accompanied--The Homicide--His
Execution at Marksville--Slave Drivers--Appointed Driver
on removing to Bayou Boeuf--Practice makes perfect--Epps's
Attempt to Cut Platt's Throat--The Escape from him--Protected
by the Mistress--Forbids Reading and Writing--Obtain a Sheet
of Paper after Nine Years' Effort--The Letter--Armsby, the
Mean White--Partially confide in him--His Treachery--Epps'
Suspicions--How they were quieted--Burning the Letter--Armsby
leaves the Bayou--Disappointment and Despair, 223
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