Solomon Northup

About The Author

Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist, a free-born African American from New York. A farmer and a professional violinist, Northup had been a landowner in Washington County, New York. In 1841, he was offered a traveling musician's job and went to Washington, D.C. (where slavery was legal) but he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold as a slave.

Series by the Author

Books by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave (New edition)
By Solomon Northup
Foreword by Sandra M. Grayson / Introduction by Ber Anena
With a new introduction, Northup's memoir reveals the living truth of slavery, poverty and racism in a world set apart from elite metropolitan lifestyles.

The 1853 memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born...
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