![]() ![]() The two men were arrested but never convicted. With the help of public interest in Northup, partially as the result of his book, attorney Henry Northup set his sights on two men, Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell, who were believed to have played pivotal roles in the kidnapping. Shortly after leaving his room and heading into the streets, his memory escapes him and the next thing he remembers is waking up handcuffed and chained to the floor of the Williams Slave Pen in Washington, D.C. They told him that he needed to come with them to see a physician. He recalls several people entering the room where he had been staying. He was unable to sleep and was stricken with severe thirst. His sickness progressed until he was insensible by evening. By late afternoon, he fell ill with a severe headache and nausea. ![]() As he states in his memoir, he did not become intoxicated. At the saloons, the two men would serve themselves, and they would then pour a glass and hand it to Solomon. They were observing the festivities that were part of the great funeral procession of General Harrison. He had spent the day with Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell making stops at a number of saloons in Washington, D.C. As he indicated in his autobiography, Solomon Northup is not positive that he was in fact drugged, however, he remembers various clues that led him to that conclusion. ![]()
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