Twelve Years a Slave: The Solomon North Odyssey

How was Solomon a free man, when his father had been a slave?

• He escaped to the North with his family to a free state

• His father was emancipated after his master died and set his slaves free in his will

• He bought his freedom from a slave trader

• His mother was free, so after his father died, Solomon became free

How did Solomon envision his future?

• He envisioned working on the railroad

• He saw himself working on ship

• He envisioned an easy farm life

• He knew he would some day become a slave

What was Solomon’s skill that interested Brown and Hamilton?

• Carpentry

• Playing the piano

• Farming

• Playing the violin

How did Brown and Hamilton kidnap Solomon?

• The drugged him

• They beat him

• Thy threatened his family

• They made him travel alone in a slave state

At what point did Solomon realize he had been kidnapped?

• When he woke up in the basement.

• When he realized his money and free papers were gone.

• When he realized Brown and Hamilton were missing.

• When he was told by the slave trader.

What happens when Solomon declares that he is a free man?

• He is asked for his free papers

• He is temporarily set free

• He is violently beaten

• He is told he can see a judge the next morning

Who is Eliza?

• She is Clem Ray’s wife

• She is John Williams’ sister

• She is Solomon’s aunt

• She is Randall’s mother

Why was Eliza not a typical slave?

Why doesn’t Solomon continue to claim he is a free man?

• He has accepted the fact he is now a slave.

• He is afraid of being beaten

• He doesn’t want the other slaves to know

• He fell in love with another slave

What happens to Robert?

• He is stabbed and thrown overboard.

• He is sold to a ranch owner

• He dies from smallpox.

• His family finds him and set him free.