12 Years a Slave (film)
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12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a Blac
Theatrical release poster
The Edwin Epps House, now located on the ground of Louisiana State University of Alexandria, is a stop along Northup's Trail. Solomon Northup and Samuel Bass helped build the house that was completed in 1852.
John Ridley in 2013
Director Steve McQueen at the premiere of 12 Years a Slave at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
Solomon Northup
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Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born American of mixed race from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free wom
Engraving from his autobiography
Old Fort House is a historic house located in the town of Fort Edward, New York. The house, the oldest house in Washington County, New York, is operated as a local history museum. Solomon Northup lived in Fort Edward as a child, he was married there, and he started his family in the town.
Solomon Northup returning home to his family, Twelve Years a Slave (1853), engraved by Nathaniel Orr, published by Frederick M. Coffin
Slave trader James H. Birch offers "cash for negroes" to resell to the Louisiana market (Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, D. C., December 19, 1840)