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Solomon Northup (Minerva, 10 luglio 1808 – ca. 1864) è stato un musicista, scrittore e attivista statunitense, che fu ridotto in schiavitù, nonostante fosse un uomo libero, a seguito di un rapimento.
Between 1863 and 1875 (aged 55–68) Solomon Northup (born July 10, c. 1807–1808; died c. 1864) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color.
30 apr 2019 · Solomon Northup, autore di Twelve Years a Slave, scrisse uno straziante racconto di essere stato rapito in schiavitù negli anni '40 dell'Ottocento.
6 lug 2024 · Solomon Northup, American farmer, laborer, and musician whose experience of being kidnapped and sold into slavery was the basis for his book Twelve Years a Slave (1853), which was adapted into an award-winning film in 2013. Learn more about Northup’s life in this article.
- Solomon Northup wrote Twelve Years a Slave (1853), a memoir of his kidnapping and enslavement. Immensely popular upon its release, it remains one o...
- Solomon Northup was born a free person of colour. His father, who had been born into slavery but freed when his master died, acquired a farm and en...
- In 1841 Solomon Northup was recruited by two men, supposedly to join their circus act as a fiddler. The three traveled from New York to Washington,...
- Solomon Northup worked odd jobs and established a reputation as a talented fiddler. Following his kidnapping and 12 years of enslavement, he wrote...
Nato libero nello stato di New York, a Saratoga, Solomon Northup era un esperto falegname e violinista. Un giorno venne avvicinato da alcuni sedicenti proprietari di circo che gli...
6 apr 2018 · Il libro di Solomon Northup (interpretato da Chiwetel Ejiofor) pubblicato a meta' Ottocento, prima della Guerra Civile americana, racconta come un padre di famiglia afro-americano nato libero nello stato di New York, apprezzato musicista e artigiano, venga rapito e si ritrovi, in un attimo, indietro nel tempo, ovvero schiavo nelle ...
27 feb 2020 · SOLOMON NORTHUP – Il protagonista del film 12 anni schiavo, interpretato da Chiwetel Ejiofor, si chiama Solomon Northup. Un personaggio inventato? No, tutt’altro. Solomon è...
