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In recent weeks executives at the history channel have announced they will sponsor a remake of the famous 1977 television miniseries roots. Jan 25, 2014 solomon northup was a free born african american but was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. Solomons father, mintus, served the white northup family in new york until he was emancipated upon the. Feb 22, 2016 the book that inspired the 2014 academy award for best picture. Three months later, northup was back in the times with news of his impending memoir, twelve years a slave. What really became of solomon northup after his 12 years a. It is not just a rehashed or annotated edition of northups autobiography which is the case for the other available books about northup.
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No matter how fatigued and weary he may be no matter how much he longs for sleep and rest a slave never approaches the ginhouse with his basket of cotton but with fear. A freeborn african american from new york, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color. Excerpt from twelve years a slave, by solomon northup 1853. Solomon northup july 10, 1807 or 1808 unknown was an american abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir twelve years a slave. David wilsons involvement and endorsement of solomon northups story is brief, but it was crucial to getting 12 years a slave accepted publicly during the time when it was published northups testimony was damning evidence against the entire system of slavery in practice at that time in the southern united states. He eventually regained his freedom and wrote an autobiography. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in new york state but kidnapped in washington, d. Following his courageous rescue came his riveting memoir, twelve years a slave, which helped cement public opinion in favor of abolition leading up to.
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