series of questions to confirm his answers that match the facts of his life in New York. Northup recognizeed the sheriff'panion as a shopkeeper he knows from Saratoga. The man e to free him.Though Epps angrily resists and Patsey is distraught, Northup leaves immediately. ? After being enslaved for 12 years, Northup was restored to freedom and returned to his family. As he walks into his home, he sees his whole family, including his daughter, who presents him with his grandson and namesake. Concluding credits recount the inability of Northup and his legal counsel to prosecute the men responsible for his being sold into slavery as well as the mystery surrounding details of Northup's death and burial. ? Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup ? Benedict Cumberbatch as William Ford