12 Years A Slave

Solomon Northup was born in July 1808, an African-American descendant of slaves, born and raised as a slave free man, in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was kidnapped and kept in captivity as a slave for twelve years. After this time, he was released. In addition to the book he wrote to report his experience over the years in which he was imprisoned, also gave dozens of lectures, in the United States, about his experiences as a slave, in order to support the abolitionist cause. The circumstances and the date of Northup's death are uncertain. In the However, and despite the many rumors regarding his fate, It is suspected that he died in 1863.