![]() ![]() The second incident, not in the film, involved Tibeats chasing Northup with an axe. The first one-in which Tibeats attacks Northup, and Northup is able to overcome him in the attack by hitting and whipping Tibeats-is depicted accurately in the film: Tibeats tries to hang Northup for revenge, but Ford stops him. However, Northup had to be sold to a much crueler master, Epps (Michael Fassbender), when he got into not one, but two, conflicts with the overseer Tibeats (Paul Dano). Northup is sold to Edwin Epps after he gets into a fight with planation overseer of his first ownerĪs shown in the movie, Northup’s first master, Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch), is a much more lenient man than the other plantation owners in the film and holds some affection for Northup. He was not knifed to death trying to save a woman from being raped as they show in the film. They got very close to executing their plan, but then one of Northup’s co-conspirators got smallpox and died. On the South-bound ship, one of the slave traders murders one of the slavesĪs in the movie, Northup and two others try to plan an escape from the ship. As a result of the incident, he hides his true identity for years. Sent to Louisiana, Northup is given the name Platt and is beaten when he protests he is a freeman. He had a wife and three children, not two: Elizabeth, Margaret and Alonzo, who were 10, 8 and 5, respectively, at the time of his kidnapping. Soloman Northup was indeed a free man who played the violin. Soloman Northup was a free man living in upstate New York with a wife and two children before being enslaved Here’s how the film and the biography match up: Director Steve McQueen and screenwriter John Ridley film were largely faithful Northup’s 1853 biography, Twelve Years a Slave. Access from The Oaks Residence Hall parking lot.Follow moving -and utterly brutal-film 12 Years a Slave tells the real story of Soloman Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free African-American man living in Saratoga who is kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. Located on the LSU-Alexandria (LSUA) campus, along the "Heart of Campus" Loop walking trail. Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alexandria. 6.1 miles away) The Name Lecompte (approx. 5.9 miles away) Town of Lecompte (approx. 0.4 miles away) Lecompte High School (approx. 0.3 miles away) Oakland Plantation (approx. ¼ mile away) Headquarters 1st Calvary Division, Army of West La., (approx. A different marker also named Epps House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line) Edwin Epps House (about 300 feet away) Oakland Hall (approx. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Marker is in this post office area: Alexandria LA 71302, United States of America. Marker is on Water Tower Avenue north of Gregg Marshall Drive, on the right when traveling north. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans Northup tells of his experiences in his 1853 book, Twelve Years a Slave, which inspired a 1984 documentary, Solomon Northup's Odyssey, and a 2013 movie Twelve Years a Slave. Master Epps was informed inside this house that Northup was a kidnaped free man who would return to his family in Glens Falls, New York. Epps bought Solomon Northup in 1843 and owned him for ten years. Formerly an overseer for Oakland Plantation, where LSUA stands today, Epps established himself as a planter and slave owner. Relocated to Bunkie, LA in 1976, the house was moved to the LSUA campus in 1999 and reconstructed. ![]() This historical marker is in Alexandria in Rapides Parish Louisiana Constructed in 1852 for the Edwin Epps' family, this single story Creole cottage was originally located on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyelles Parish. Constructed in 1852 for the Edwin Epps' family, this single story Creole cottage was originally located on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyelles Parish. ![]()
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