Solomon Northup (1808-after 1857) was a free Black man from New York who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery in the Deep South. After twelve years he regained freedom and published his narrative with the assistance of David Wilson. His memoir is one of the most important first-person accounts of American slavery.
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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