Solomon Northup

"Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State—and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I …

In his home town of Saratoga, New York, Solomon Northup, a free negro who was a skilled carpenter and violinist, was approached by two circus promoters. They offered him a brief, high-paying job …

[b]DISCOVER A TALE OF UNIMAGINABLE ADVERSITY[/b] [i]Twelve Years a Slave[/i] tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born man of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American …