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12 years a slave by solomon northup
12 years a slave by solomon northup





You can also find it on DocsTeach, our online tool for teaching with documents. Census page from Saratoga Springs, including Solomon Northup, a free man of color, and his family (line 12).

12 years a slave by solomon northup

Part of Northup’s amazing story can be authenticated by documents found in the National Archives.įirst, have students check the 1840 federal census to find Northup living in upstate New York as a free person of color. Northup, a free man of color, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The new movie, Twelve Years a Slave, released nationwide last Friday, November 1st, is based on Solomon Northup’s 1853 autobiography.

12 years a slave by solomon northup

Today’s post comes from Kris McIntosh, volunteer at the National Archives at Fort Worth, and retired Fort Worth I.S.D.







12 years a slave by solomon northup