12 Years a Slave is the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free man that was rebranded as a slave in 1841 when he was tricked by two men he believed were helping him. Fights against the injustices of slavery using intelligence, never giving up hope and relying on faith through his music he survives the experiences and lives to tell the tale. With the tears of joy after being reunited with his family after twelve long years, Solomon Northup wrote the novel of his experiences as a slave and published it one year after regaining his freedom. Solomon Northup was born on July 10, 1808 in Minerva New York as a free person. Educated, peaceful, equal, and prospers he lived a pleasant life. Solomon married Anne Hampton, eventually setting up home in Saratoga
Solomon Northup was a free man living in upstate New York, Solomon grew up in Washington county and while he was growing up he farmed and worked on repairs for the Champlain Canal, Solomon was born on July 10, 1808, Minerva, NY. In the 1830s Solomon’s wife and him moved to Saratoga Springs,
12 years of a slave was about a Black free man living in upstate New York who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Solomon Northup (the main character) was the son of an emancipated slave and was born free who lived, worked, and married in upstate New York. He was a multifaceted laborer and also an accomplished violinist. Solomon was referred to two gentlemen looking for a musician to travel and play with them during their carnival tour down in Washington D.C. Solomon was tricked and poisoned by these two gentlemen and later victimized by his own kindness to trust these men. Solomon forcibly was sold into slavery as Platt landing him with a slave-owner named William Price Ford that lived in New Orleans. Solomon started to show his intelligence to others and helped build a navigation tool for the slave owner Master Ford which later caused one of the master to resent Solomon. Solomon was handed off to a cruel southern planter named Master Edwin Epps. Solomon spent the bulk of his slavery living with Master Epps until Solomon trusted another white man to deliver a message to the people who knew he was free so they could rescue him. One day in January of 1853, Solomon was granted his freedom from an old friend from where he resided. He returned home to upstate
In the book 12 Years A Slave written from a primary source by Solomon Northup based on a true story describes the triumphant journey Solomon Northup goes through as he never lost hope of regaining his freedom and resisted the dehumanization of enslavement in many ways. Solomon was born a free black man in New York in 1808 while his father, Mintus was born a slave and gained his freedom as their master passed away also inheriting their masters last name "Northup". Growing Solomon worked on a farm with his dad and soon after his dad died in 1829 he soon married a women named Anne Hampton in which they soon moved to Saratoga Springs, New York and had three children of their own. They were living like any other free person was and soon Solomon was working in many industries and Anne established herself as a cook and in the 1830 's Solomon had a reputation of being a well played violinist. In 1841 Solomon had became unemployed and was looking for an occupation, he ran into Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton in who then offers him a job in a circus playing the violin. As they arrive in Washington D.C. which is slave territory, he begins to become sick and passes out which was planned by Merrill and Abram to poison and kidnap him in the slave territory and sell him in which he soon wakes up in chains in a slave pen. Solomon 's first master was James H. Burch who he was sold by the two men who had
The book starts with Solomon Northup explaining the story of his father as a slave and the story of his youth. Solomon’s father, Mintus Northup, was born into slavery and was a slave for a long time, until his master died. He was then free from slavery and moved on with his life. Mintus kept the last name “Northup”, to honor the people who freed him from slavery.
In his true-life narrative "Twelve Years a Slave," Solomon Northup is a free man who is deceived into a situation that brings about his capture and ultimate misfortune to become a slave in the south. Solomon is a husband and father. Northup writes:
Solomon Northup was born in July of 1808, in Minerva, New York. Solomon was born free due to the death of his father’s, Mintus, owner. His father’s owner was named Captain Henry Northup, which is how Solomon and his father received their last name. While Northup was a child, he had acquired some education, but mainly worked on his family’s farm. In 1828, Solomon married Anne Hampton. In 1834, he and his wife moved to Saratoga Springs, New York. They later had three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo. While in upstate New York, Solomon Northup received the reputation of a talented fiddler.
12 Years a Slave was an outstanding representation of the lives of a slave. It was accurate, heartfelt, and detailed. It portrays the feelings of Solomon and the other slaves perfectly. The film really makes you think about the people and the situation back in the 1840’s. It is an exceptional historical film that teaches you the slavery times and the life of Solomon Northup. A freeman turned to a slave and put through a terrible life experience that no one should ever have to go
Solomon Northup was born free, in Minerva, New York in 1808. Northup became known in his community as an exceptional fiddle player. When two men approached Northup and offered him good wages to go to Washington DC, to play in a travelling music show, he quickly accepted. Solomon Northup was drugged, kidnapped, captured, and sold into slavery. He served for many masters; some were violent and cruel while others treated him humanely. Solomon Northup experienced shear torture, cruelty, and the loss of his dignity, throughout his many years as a slave. After many years, he came in contact with an abolitionist, who sent letters to Northup’s family to notify them of his life and status. He was soon rescued from Louisiana and freed as a slave.
Solomon Northup executed his very gruesome and serious tone throughout his memoir by providing dialogue said by real life people and using diction to give nauseating details to events going on around him throughout his twelve years in bondage. For example, Solomon Northup explains in chapter five how a fellow free slave named Arthur was abused for trying to protest the unfair kidnapping. Solomon states,” He fought until his strength failed him. Overpowered at last, he was gagged and bound with ropes, and beaten, until he became insensible.” (39). The slave masters were not compassionate and defiantly enforced the depressing tone of the memoir. Solomon Northup explains how Eliza, a slave mother, is being separated from her son and the cruel,
Solomon Northup was a free African American man from Minerva, New York. In the novel Twelve Years a Salve, Northup composed a narrative about his life as a free man, and also his life as a slave. In the year of 1814 Northup was kidnapped and taken deep South, to the rugged life of slavery. After 12 years of being thrown into the slavery against his will, he rightfully regained his freedom in January of 1853 all because he came in contact with an abolitionist from Canada, who sent letters to his family about his situation.
thesis:Twelve Years a Slave, is a vivid memoir of Northup's captivity as free man in the slave ridden south. Solomon's experience was one of countless millions kidnapped, and sold into slavery. What makes his Solomon's story unique, is that he lived to tell the, horrors and atrocities of slavery.
Solomon Northup was born a freeman in New York in 1808 (3). His father, who had been a slave until his owner death had granted him his freedom in his, wills (5). In 1829, Northup married Anne Hampton and worked as a laborer in Hartford (6). However, Solomon was captured after being tricked by slave traders to work
Wendell Berry’s past is more than just his own in “My Great-Grandfather’s Slaves,” but his past is intertwined with the slaves that grew up with. A quick reading of this poem by Berry would not give the reader that he was connected with the slaves, but rather that they lived separate lives. Berry says he sees the slaves and their activities but does not ever write about how they are connected until the very last stanza. After reading the final stanza it gives the rest of the poem a new meaning and if the reader does not take the time to closely re-read the writing they will miss out on what Berry is really trying to portray. Wendell Berry is trying to show the reader how his past is linked with the past of his grandfather’s slaves with his
The movie, 12 Years A Slave, is a film based on the personal life and legacy of Solomon Northup. Solomon Northup was a free man living in Saratoga, New York, working as a violinist. He had a wife and children whom he loved him dearly, and vice versa. He is offered a job in Washington as a violinist at a circus. He is then drugged and becomes terribly sick. He ends up in a slave pen outside of Washington. This would be the beginning of his life as a slave. The movie portrays many of the personal events that Solomon Northup experienced, and the horrors of the kidnapping of freed slaves. The movie also shows the reality of slavery, and the possible brutality of the slave masters. The movie, 12 Years A Slave, is very well developed in sequencing
12 Years A Slave, is a film based on the narrative memoir of Solomon Northup; an African- American who was born a free man but was later drugged, beaten and kidnapped from his hometown, Saratoga Springs, New York, and taken to Washington D.C (1841). Awakened in a slave pen, Northup is “sadistically remade from a black free man in the North into a slave in the South” (Mollie Lieblich). He was sold to a slave master in Louisiana and worked on cotton and sugar plantations until a friend from the North comes to his rescue after twelve years.