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Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South.
Feb 10, 2023 · By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By John Kuroski. Published February 10, 2023. Updated February 13, 2023. Born in upstate New York, Solomon Northup was abducted as an adult and sold into slavery in Louisiana — and then he wrote 12 Years a Slave about his experience.
Oct 29, 2013 · Public domain image. Solomon Northup was a free black man who was illegally held in bondage for twelve years before he regained his freedom. Northup was born to free parents in Minerva, New York in 1808. Little is known of his mother other than she was born a free mulatto.
Oct 28, 2013 · Shocked New Yorkers read the incredible tale of Solomon Northup, a free black man who had been lured from upstate Saratoga Springs to the slave territory of Washington, D.C. by a pair of white...
Oct 19, 2013 · Solomon Northup, an African-American musician from New York, was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. He was eventually freed and wrote about his experience in Twelve Years a Slave, a...
Solomon Northup was born 1808 in the town of Minerva in upstate New York. His father, Mintus Northup was a former slave who after gaining his freedom made his living farming. Solomon’s mother remains unknown except she was a free woman. On Christmas Day 1829, Solomon married Anne Hampton, a free black woman also from upstate New York.
Jan 9, 2014 · The narrative is straightforward: in 1841, Solomon Northup is living a settled and fairly prosperous life in Saratoga, near New York. He is a free man but is tricked into going to Washington...
