12 Years a Slave, Narrative of Solomon Northup (Annotated) - Softcover

Northup, Solomon

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9781500983802: 12 Years a Slave, Narrative of Solomon Northup (Annotated)

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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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Solomon Northup (July 1808–1863?) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. In 1841 he was kidnapped by slave traders, having been enticed to Washington, D.C. (where slavery was legal) with a job offer as a violinist with traveling entertainers. Shortly after he and his employers arrived in DC, they sold him as a slave. After twelve years of slavery ,Northup regained his freedom on January 3, 1853 and returned to his family in New York

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Born in July 1808 in Minerva, New York, Solomon Northup grew up a free man, working as a farmer and violinist while having a family. He was lured south and kidnapped in 1841 and enslaved for more than a decade, enduring horribly violent conditions. Northup was freed in 1853 with help from colleagues and friends. His experiences are the subject of the book and film12 Years a Slave. His father Mintus had once been enslaved but was released upon his former master's death, and hence Solomon and his older brother Joseph grew up knowing freedom. Northup worked with his father on a farm growing up, and also took to books and playing the violin.

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