This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oR3.2ACEB/263 Message Board Post: Thank-you to Joyce Peak, as this is my family lineage. Solomon's master was my gggg grandfather, Clarke Northup whom upon his death gave Solomon and all his slaves their freedom in 1847. Another book that chroncicles this family is by Edith Hay Wyhcoff entitled " An American family " pub.2000 Sincerely, Theresa Knowles-Northup Caparco.