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   How does Solomon feel about William Ford?

   • Solomon deeply respects Ford and knows that he only owns slaves and is a proponent of slavery because of his environment—had he grown up in the North, Solomon believes that he would certainly be against slavery. The 12 Years a Slave quotes below are all either spoken by William Ford or refer to William Ford.

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   Why did William Ford buy Solomon?

   • The slave dealer sends Solomon and other kidnapped men, women, and children to New Orleans by ship. Once there, Solomon is told that his name is now “Platt.” A plantation owner named William Ford soon buys Solomon. Solomon describes Ford as a kind-hearted man who only condones slavery because he was raised with the belief that it is not immoral.

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   How does William Ford treat Solomon?

   • William Ford is described as a compassionate and caring man who is nevertheless blind to the blatant immorality of slavery. Ford protects Solomon from Tibeats’s wrath and treats Solomon with kindness and respect. He later forces Tibeats to sell Solomon, likely saving his life. Epps’s wife and mistress of his plantation.

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   Was 12 years a slave based on a book?

   • *Correction, Nov. 4, 2013: This post was corrected to suggest a scene from the movie 12 Years a Slave was drawn from the book. The original article was accurate: Patsey’s plea for Northup to kill her was an invention of the movie. The original language has been restored.

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2. www.litcharts.com › lit › 12-years-a-slaveWilliam Ford Character Analysis in 12 Years a Slave | LitCharts

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   William Ford Character Analysis. Ford is Solomon ’s first master, as well as Solomon’s only kind and compassionate master. Ford purchases Solomon (whom he knows only as Platt), along with a slave named Harry and another named Eliza, from slave dealer Theophilus Freeman.

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   A plantation owner named William Ford soon buys Solomon. Solomon describes Ford as a kind-hearted man who only condones slavery because he was raised with the belief that it is not immoral. Unfortunately, Ford runs into financial trouble and is forced to sell Solomon to a cruel carpenter named Tibeats.

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   In the 2013 feature film 12 Years a Slave, Ford was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch. Some of Ford's descendants have objected to the portrayal in the film as rendering Ford as a "pompous hypocrite; a weak-willed man unable to protect Northup and his fellow slaves from sadistic overseers in the cotton fields," in contrast to Northup's own ...

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   William Ford is described as a compassionate and caring man who is nevertheless blind to the blatant immorality of slavery. Ford protects Solomon from Tibeats’s wrath and treats Solomon with kindness and respect. He later forces Tibeats to sell Solomon, likely saving his life.

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   Oct 17, 2013 · Steve McQueen’s devastating new movie, 12 Years a Slave, begins with the words “based on a true story” and ends with a description of what happened to Solomon Northup and his assailants...

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   Luckily, Solomon and Eliza are bought by a kindly, wealthy gentleman named William Ford, an esteemed Baptist preacher from the Red River region of Louisiana. Solomon, Eliza, and Ford travel to the Great Pine Woods to Ford’s home. Ford proves to be a compassionate, gentle owner, and treats his slaves like his own children.

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    William Ford. Ford is Solomon ’s first master, as well as Solomon’s only kind and compassionate master. Ford purchases Solomon (whom he knows only as Platt), along with a slave named Harry and another named Eliza … read analysis of William Ford.