About Him
Overview... a southern planter and slave-owner. Epps is a religious man who believes he has a biblical right to beat his slaves and control their lives indefinitely. His wife is jealous of his relationship with Patsey, a young slave, on whom Epps dotes but also continues to beat and humiliate.
Personality… sadistic, religious, and ferocious. Epps is a drunk who uses violence to quell his own inner demons. When Solomon Northup, a free man condemned to a life of slavery, joins his plantation, Edwin Epps seeks to bring the defiant slave down to his own level.
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12 Years a Slave
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
