Edwin Epps (1808 – March 3, 1867) was an American slave owner who owned a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Epps was the third and longest enslaver of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and forced into slavery.
Edwin Epps (1808 – March 3, 1867) was an American slave owner who owned a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Epps was the third and longest enslaver of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and forced into slavery.
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