Solomon Northup

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Solomon Northup was a free African American man from New York who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841 and later authored the influential memoir "Twelve Years a Slave" recounting his ordeal.

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Solomon Northup canonical 16
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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist
author
human
violinist
associatedWith Laura Plantation
surface form: Louisiana plantations

U.S. state of New York
surface form: State of New York
basedOnEvent kidnapping of free African Americans into slavery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1807
1808
dateOfDeath after 1857
dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork 1853
describedIn American slave narratives
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Solomon Northup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northup
genre slave narrative
givenName Solomon
hasInfluenced 21st-century discussions of slavery and race in the United States
hasNarrativePerspective first-person memoir
hasParticularNotableEvent held in slavery for twelve years
kidnapped into slavery in 1841
regained freedom in 1853
influenced 19th-century abolitionist literature
anti-slavery movement in the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDisappearance unknown circumstances
movement abolitionism
name Solomon Northup self-link
notableWork 12 Years a Slave
surface form: Twelve Years a Slave
notedFor detailed first-person account of slavery by a formerly free Black man
numberOfChildren 3
occupation author
farmer
violinist
placeOfBirth Minerva, New York
placeOfEnslavement Louisiana
Washington, D.C.
primaryThemeOfWork brutality of American chattel slavery
loss and restoration of freedom
publisherOfNotableWork Derby & Miller
residence Saratoga Springs, New York
sexOrGender male
spouse Anne Hampton Northup
subjectOf 12 Years a Slave
surface form: film Twelve Years a Slave
workLocation Louisiana
New York

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12 Years a Slave character Solomon Northup
Chiwetel Ejiofor playedCharacter Solomon Northup
John Ridley basedOnWorkOf Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup name Solomon Northup self-link
Solomon Northup familyName Solomon Northup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Northup
Edwin Epps enslaves Solomon Northup
Edwin Epps abuses Solomon Northup
Edwin Epps createdBy Solomon Northup
Patsey associatedWith Solomon Northup
William Ford owns Solomon Northup
William Ford enslaves Solomon Northup
William Ford purchases Solomon Northup
William Ford sells Solomon Northup
William Ford employerOf Solomon Northup
William Ford treatsRelativelyKindly Solomon Northup
William Ford createdBy Solomon Northup