Black Peopl Movie Review

This movie is based on the time of slavery. This movie took place in 1841 and is about a man by the name of Solomon Northup. He was a free man born in Saratoga New York where he lived with his wife and kids. He was also a musician and was very good what he did. One day two mean approach him and asked him did he want to travel to Washington with them and help music and make money while doing so. While he said he was do it because it was more than what he was currently making.

He went to Washington and ate dinner with the two “Musicians” he was with. At the dinner he had wine which made him very ill. The next morning, he had woken up from the sickness to find out that he had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, where he was sent to Georgia to live for the rest of his life. He plead to his slave masters that he was a free man, but they did not believe him because they were the ones who bought him and now have him as a new slave. He was a slave for 12 years before he was able to get free.

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I do not know if the slaves were already Christian or not in this movie it did not specify. This tactic had little to know effect on the characters Solomon because he was a free man and was probably already a Christian. This movie shows how racism is a big factor in this country and has been for a very long time. This movie relates to both of the discussion questions for this week. It also shows how the playing level field was definitely unleveled because around that time black people couldn’t even take white people to court. The minute a black person tried to do so it was overlooked and not even considered. An example of this is when Solomon was eventually proven he was a free man he tried to get justice from the people who kidnapped him and his slave master but the court system immediately threw out the case and no one was convicted of any