Solomon Northup
Slave Manifest of Solomon Northup | National Archives
Slave Manifest of Solomon Northup. This item is a Slave Manifest listing Solomon Northup, the primary author of Twelve Years a Slave. The ...
Solomon Northup Remembers the New Orleans Slave Market
The slave trade within the United States destroyed families and tore apart communities, especially after 1840 when slavery was extended into the newer lands.
The Kidnapping Case: Narrative of the Seizure and Recovery of ...
Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist and author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A freeborn man from New York, Northup was the son of a formerly ...
Solomon Northup Day | Abolitionist, Slavery, Freedom | Britannica
Solomon Northup Day, annual observance held in July in Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S., in recognition of Solomon Northup, a free farmer, labourer, ...
Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup - UNC Press
Twelve Years a Slave presents the remarkable story of a free man thrown into a hostile and foreign world, who survived by his courage and cunning.
Stolen Into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black ...
In 1841, Solomon Northup was abducted and sold as a slave. Nearly twelve years passed before Northup met a man who would help him return to his family—and ...
Henry Northup, Solomon's rescuer and an active abolitionist, had very likely read accounts of slavery written by former slaves, which, with few exceptions, ...
Primary Source: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, 1853
A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and free woman of color. A farmer and violinist, Northup owned land in Hebron, New ...
Solomon Northup | Biography, Book & Death - Study.com
Solomon Northup was sold into slavery in 1841. He was tricked by two white men scouting for circus performers. Northup agreed to travel with them to the south, ...
Twelve Years a Slave - Solomon Northup - Google Books
Northup's memoir, edited by Wilson, was published in 1853 as Twelve Years A Slave. Northup's story and his firsthand observations of plantation life and the ...
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup | Goodreads
It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 ...
Solomon Northup Character Analysis in 12 Years a Slave | LitCharts
Solomon is known to his masters and fellow slaves as Platt, a name given to him by Burch. Solomon's talent as a fiddle player provides him a sense of comfort ...
narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in ...
Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton ...
List of books by author Solomon Northup - ThriftBooks
Looking for books by Solomon Northup? See all books authored by Solomon Northup, including Twelve Years a Slave, and 12 Years a Slave and Other Slave ...
Solomon Northup: Biography, Books & Facts | Vaia
Solomon Northup: facts · Northup did not physically write Twelve Years a Slave. · Northup's mother tragically passed away while he was enslaved. · In his time ...
Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of ...
After living as a free man for the first thirty-three years of his life, Solomon Northup was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, leaving behind a ...
The Cultural Significance of Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave
Northup's narrative served as an important cultural symbol of slave life on southern plantations during antebellum America before the Civil War.
Special Collections and the Lemon Project Welcome Descendants ...
In the summer of 2014, several descendants of Solomon Northup, whose story in slavery was depicted in the recent Oscar-winning movie, 12 Years A Slave, ...
Solomon Northup - Rediscovering Black History
Posts about Solomon Northup written by ncurrie and Ligon.
From American Playhouse to 12 Years a Slave
In December 1984, the made-for-television film Solomon Northup's Odyssey appeared on public television. Based on Northup's 1853 narrative Twelve Years a ...
Twelve Years a Slave
Book by Solomon NorthupTwelve 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.
Solomon Northup
American authorSolomon Northup was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color.