Yes, Epps, when the law says that it's a liar, and the truth is not in it. Of course you did the law says you have the right to hold a n_, but begging the law's pardon, it lies. 'What right!' said Epps, laughing 'why, I bought 'em, and paid for 'em.' this question of Slavery what right have you to your n_ when you come down to the point?' 'I tell you what it is Epps,' said Bass, 'it's all wrong-all wrong, sir-there's no justice nor righteousness in it. As he worked on the building project, Solomon heard an interesting exchange between Epps and Bass: Because Solomon had some building experience, from his work with Tibbeats, he was ordered to help build the home (instead of work the fields).īass did not approve of slave-owning.

In June of 1852, he met a man called Samuel Bass who was helping to build a new home for the Epps family.Ī Canadian, who had found construction work in the American South, Bass helped-out at the Epps plantation. When life on the Epps plantation seemed to be at its lowest point, something encouraging happened for Solomon. Still-shot from the film, copyright Fox Searchlight, all rights reserved. He agrees to write letters for 'Platt,' alerting the captive’s friends in the North about his enslavement in the Bayou Boeuf area of Louisiana. Working on the Epps plantation, Bass tells Epps that American slavery is wrong.

In this still shot from 12 Years a Slave, we see Solomon Northup (known as “Platt” and portrayed by Chiwetel Ejiofor) with Samuel Bass (a Canadian carpenter played by Brad Pitt).

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