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Epps House

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Built in 1852 by Edwin Epps, this house was originally located near Holmesville on Bayou Boeuf about three miles away. From 1843 to 1853, Epps, a small planter, owned Solomon Northrup, author of the famous slave narrative Twelve Years A Slave.
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