Solomon Northup was born a free man. He lived a happy life until he was kidnapped and enslaved for 12 long years. Somehow he managed to not give into the despair of slavery to keep fighting for his freedom and was eventually rescued. Find out how Solomon used a story to get him through the depths of slavery and how you can apply that principle in your life on this weeks episode!Sources:Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupBarking up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker