Author

Solomon Northup

Portrait of Solomon Northup.
Portrait of Solomon Northup. Source · Public domain
12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

1853 · 19th Century · Memoir

12 Years a Slave narrates Solomon Northup's kidnapping from freedom into slavery and his eventual restoration to his family. Northup is a literate, skilled violinist and laborer living as a free Black man in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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