Stereotypes And Stereotypes Of Stereotypes

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.

obedient to the whites. He said if the slaves tried ever to revolt or try to escape they would burn in

Ford was known as being very kind to Solomon. However, William Prince Ford had to give Solomon back to the slave market due to finances. Northup’s second owner was John M. Tibaut who was very brutal to Solomon. Northup was later rescued by Ford’s overseer, Andrew Chafin. He was then sent to Edwin Epps and was a slave under him for the next ten years. His owner, Edwin Epps, put Solomon in charge over the rest of the slaves. Solomon tried many times to escape, but was never successful. Finally, in June of 1852, he was able to send letters to his friends and family back home in New York. In these letters, he told them where he was and all that had happened to him. In November of 1852, there was a widespread search in order to find Solomon. Solomon was found in the same year. On January 4, 1853, Solomon legally obtained total freedom. He was then reunited with his family and friends.

And getting paid for something that he loves to do every day? This would be a no-brainer for Solomon and he eagerly took the offer. He happily agreed to become just another one of their circus acts to travel the world and play music. How could he possibly say no? While letting his mouth get ahead of his brain, he failed to mention to his wife, who was at work at the time, the job that he would now be doing and getting paid to do it. Solomon still smiling like a small child on Christmas morning, was so excited that he traveled with these not-so gentlemen to downstate New York, where his trip took a turn for the worst and there was no way he saw it coming. After playing in various locations in New York, the plan that was made when Solomon took the job was to head to Washington D.C. for one more performance and then return home for a break. But being blinded by the attention that he was now receiving, he walked right into plan of the other two men, that he knew he would never agree to.

Solomon Northup was an African American, born a free man, who lived in Saratoga Springs, New York with his wife Anne Hampton and their three children. Northup was a skilled violinist and farmer who was seeking employment in the spring of 1841; one night he met two men at a saloon, who both identified themselves to be affiliated with a circus, and they convinced him to accompany them on a journey to New York to perform with his superb violin skills on their traveling music show. They persuaded him by offering a very generous wage of “one dollar for each day’s services, and three dollars in addition for every night [he] played at their performances” (2). Originally he was only going to New York but he was persuaded to travel further to Washington D.C. – a state where slavery was legal. On route to Washington D.C. he was drugged by the two men (identified as Breach and Hamilton) who subsequently sold him into slavery at an auction in New Orleans. This was common for many “free” African Americans; predominantly males for their ability to be harder working in the fields. Often times the “Negros” would be kidnapped or lured away from their home with offers too good to be true and upon their capture they would be drugged, beaten and bonded to be sold into slavery; much like Solomon Northup. A great majority of the time their case would be hopeless if they tried to prove they were “free men” and they would be beaten for even mentioning the word “free”.

Under the abyss of desperation and dead-silence for 12 years, Northup decided to unfolded his story to Samuel Bass, a white Canadian carpenter who was working under Epps’ plantation. Bass send Northup’s letters to his family and friends in Saratoga, and with assistance of Henry B. Northup, a white politician and attorney, Samuel Northup was finally released to freedom on January 1853. He filed a lawsuit against the men to captured him to slavery, but was unsuccessful. At last, after twelve years, Northup was able to reunited with his beloved family in New York.

been separated from but slowly came to realize they had all perished. He then moved to

A free black man, Solomon Northup lives in Saratoga, New York and plays the violin to support his wife and two children. At the age of 33, he accepted the opportunity to play the violin in Washington with two man. Little did he know, the two man put drug in his wine and sold him into slavery. He was no longer called Solomon Northup but Platt in the world of slavery. Initially he tried to come up with plans to escape and fight back, but in the end he gave in and cooperate as he needs to survive. To survive, he must not let anyone know he can read or write as slaves are not supposed to be educated.

As a result of the existence of these categorizations on a certain individual they result in the person or people being discriminated against by society.

Solomon Northup was a free black living in New York who was lured south, kidnapped, and sold into slavery. His memoir, written shortly after his escape, recounts the harrowing events of his kidnapping and his dehumanizing and violent treatment as a slave on plantations in the interior of Louisiana where he worked in the cotton and sugar cane fields. During all those years, Northup looked for a chance to escape and was finally helped by an abolitionist carpenter with whom he chanced to work. With legal documents from the state of New York, Northup was finally freed and was able to bring legal action against his captors.

Solomon Northup was a free black man living in Saratoga Springs, New York. Northup had a wife and three children he loved greatly. Solomon was a very busy man, he worked long hours on a farm. Northup was an educated man who enjoyed reading books and playing his violin in his spare time. (Northup 1-10) One day two strangers approached Northup and asked if he would like to join them to perform in a town miles away. Solomon agrees to join these white men on their journey to perform. Little did Solomon know that these men were in a business where they capture free and escaped black men to make money.

Life was going good for Solomon Northup until he met two white men named Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton that had kidnapped him. They kidnapped him by tricking him into coming to have dinner with them and they had drugged him during their dining. But, as they were dining, they was telling Solomon about jobs in the

While living in upstate New York he worked many jobs, but he was known around that he could play the fiddle. So one day in 1841 two men that said they wanted to hire him, to play the fiddle, approached him. They said he would earn “one dollar for each day 's service, and three dollars in addition for every night I played at their performances.” In which they said these performances were for their circus they were trying to catch up with. He agreed, because it seemed like a good idea and a money making opportunity. Soon after agreeing, they began to travel together and everything seemed normal, until he was drugged and thrown in a dark cell. He wakes up out of the drug sleep, and find himself chained, (One end of the chain was fastened to a large

The use of stereotypes and misconceptions have become so often that sometimes people use stereotypes without even

There are several concepts which contribute to the formation of intergroup conflicts: stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. According to the text stereotype is, “a generalized belief about members of a group.” Prejudice is defined as “a