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Solomon has just explained how Henry B. Northup discovered Solomon’s whereabouts by consulting with Bass. Solomon refers to slavery as a “thick, black cloud” that casts “dark and dismal shadows,” drawing on the similar analogy he made in the closing of Chapter One. The cloud blocked Solomon from the light, just as racism blocked him from liberty—even though he was a free man, wrongfully kidnapped and sold into slavery, Solomon’s dark skin meant that he was trapped in slavery’s grasp.
The single star that breaks through the clouds and leads Solomon to liberty is reminiscent of the single star that…