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    Solomon Northup (born July 10, c. 1807–1808; died c. 1864) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born...
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  • John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two...
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  • Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave...
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  • white Canadian abolitionist who helped Solomon Northup, author of Twelve Years a Slave, attain his freedom. Northup was a free black man from New York who...
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    is a Creole cottage built in 1852 (172 years ago) (1852) in part by Solomon Northup on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It...
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    nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013). Ejiofor's other films include Dirty Pretty...
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    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...
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    Patsey (c. 1830–after 1863) was an African American enslaved woman. Solomon Northup wrote about her in his book Twelve Years a Slave, which is the source...
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  • longest enslaver of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and forced into slavery. On January 3, 1853, Northup left Epps's property...
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    and was infamously involved in the imprisonment of Dorcas Allen and Solomon Northup. He later became involved in municipal maintenance governance, and...
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    Half Slave, Half Free: Solomon Northup's Odyssey, directed by Gordon Parks. The story chronicled the life of Solomon Northup, a free man from New York...
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    Slave, as "the old yellow building". Northup's memoir was adapted as the PBS television movie Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) and the Oscar-winning film...
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    Louisiana. Ford was the enslaver who first bought Solomon Northup, a free African-American, after Northup was kidnapped in the District of Columbia, and...
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    narratives—that of John Brown and that of Solomon Northup—and he appears as a character in both filmed dramatizations of Northup's Twelve Years a Slave. According...
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  • political activist Nate Northup (born 1981), American soccer player Oliver Northup (1925–2013), American murder victim Solomon Northup (1808–1863), American...
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  • for his role in publishing Twelve Years a Slave, as told to him by Solomon Northup, in 1853. David Wilson was born on September 17, 1818, in West Hebron...
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    Territory Solomon Northup (1808 – c. 1863), American abolitionist and author Solomon Rose (born c. 1987), English electronic musician Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere...
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    Harry E. Northup (born September 2, 1940) is an American actor and poet. As an actor, he made frequent appearances in the films of Martin Scorsese, Jonathan...
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    (1911). "Solomon Northup". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Nelson, Emmanuel Sampath (2002). "Solomon Northup (1808–1863...
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  • Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup. Twelve Years a Slave may also refer to: 12 Years a Slave (film), a 2013 film based on the memoir...
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  • Roger (January 10, 2014). "12 Years a Slave: Bianca Stigter on finding Solomon Northup". Evening Standard. Nicholson, Rebecca (January 24, 2023). "Three Minutes:...
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    Massa: The Slave Narratives of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, and Solomon Northup. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-06-131432-2. Mohammad Ali (2009). Thrilla...
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  • American Association of University Women. Eakin researched the story of Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, and published a version of the book that corrected...
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    illustration from Twelve Years A Slave, the memoir of Solomon Northup, 1853: "Rescues Solomon from Hanging" A typical 19th century slave auction in the...
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    described as the standard monetary unit throughout the autobiography of Solomon Northup (1853) and mentioned several times in the Horatio Alger Jr. story Ragged...
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    12 Years a Slave, a historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for nine Academy...
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    of this was Solomon Northup, born free around 1808 to Mintus Northup and his wife in Essex County, New York state. (In his memoir, Solomon did not name...
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    Ejiofor received numerous accolades for playing American abolitionist Solomon Northup in the 2013 biographical period drama film 12 Years a Slave. He received...
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    a Slave, based on the memoirs of Solomon Northup. Dano portrayed John Tibeats, an overseer at the plantation Northup is sold to. The film was a critical...
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    Lunsford Lane J. Vance Lewis Jermain Wesley Loguen James Mars (1790–1880) Solomon Northup Greensbury Washington Offley John Parker (1827 VA – 1900) William Parker...
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