Solomon Northup

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• Solomon Northup — (1808 unknown: disappeared in 1863) was a free born African American mulatto from New York, best known for his 1853 autobiography, Twelve Years a Slave . Solomon Northup was born in New York. His father, Mintus Northup, had spent the early part… …   Wikipedia

• Twelve Years a Slave — (1853; sub title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana ) is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was… …   Wikipedia

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