Twelve Years A Slave - The Solomon Northup Story
"12 Years A Slave' Wins Best Picture Drama At 2014 Golden Globe Awards" "12 Years a Slave" Named Best picture at 2014 Oscars Twelve Years a Slave — originally published in 1853 — is a breathtaking and powerful story about the life of Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York who was kidnapped after being lured to Washington, D.C., and sold into slavery for nearly 12 years between 1841 and 1853. Northup, from upstate New York, was a highly skilled carpenter and an accomplished fiddle player. While in New York, two circus promoters offered him a high-paying job they said would only take a few days to complete. Without telling his wife, Northup traveled with these men, only to be drugged, beaten, and locked in a cell. When he argued that he was a free man, he was severely beaten and warned never to mention his free life in New York unless he wanted to be killed. Soon after, Northup was taken by ship to New Orleans, where he and many others ...
