Solomon Northup

This sculpture is composed entirely of a series of sets of four vertical metal beams, connected horizontally by shorter beams, along the museum passageways in the fashion of a ramp. Corresponding structures on opposite sides of the passages converge near the ceiling at an acute angle, creating what appears to be the perimeter of a triangle without a base, when viewing from the mouth of the artwork. These frameworks are visually similar to elongated strips of windows, due to the quadrilaterals of…

Since I was about six years old, I’ve had an interest in architecture and interior design. After going to see a Kandinsky exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, I fell in love with the strange shape of the building rather than the ones in the modern artist’s paintings. A few years later, I went to Fallingwater and I bought myself Frank Lloyd Wright’s biography. For Christmas that year, I received the Lego kits for Fallingwater and the Guggenheim. I have been hooked on how modern Frank…

The book 12 Years a Slave, written by Solomon Northup has been widely accepted by scholars as an accurate representation of slavery. The book has proven to be the holy grail for slavery historians, due to the fact that Solomon reported every detail without bias. This book later inspired the director, Steve McQueen, to make the award winning movie, 12 Years a Slave. Steve McQueen is a director dedicated to accuracy, and was quoted on saying, "It was basically telling the truth about a certain…

abolished the slave trade. Solomon Northup was born July 10th, 1808. With the trade of slaves illegal, but slavery legal in some states, slave catchers had to find a new way to get slaves. Some continued with the trade illegally, forced abduction to deceit, and abduction of children and some captured free African American men and women, like in Solomon Northup’s case in 1853. Solomon Northup’s childhood lead to his many claims to fame and left a memorable legacy. Solomon Northup lived what…

century. The movie captures the cancer of slavery which prevailed in the fertile plantations of the South from the original and authentic narrative of slave himself. The 12 years a slave is the story of the freedom, bondage and emancipation of Solomon Northup and sheds light on his struggles to achieve freedom, an inherent human right. Also, the movie unfolds the accounts of racism, white supremacy and how the patterns of racism were substantiated by slavery and vice versa. The curse of slavery…

adaptation to Solomon Northup’s account of his life. This is people one of the issues that comes up when people compare the two productions of the drama. Movies additionally focus more on the theater aspect of the memoirs rather than the actual accounts that Solomon discussed in his insightful anecdote. There is fundamental…

Twelve years ago, in 1841, Mr. Solomon Northup abruptly disappeared from his life here in Saratoga. It seemed as if he decided to simply just not come back from his trip to Washington, but in reality, the truth was both harsher and more terrifying. While his family went on a trip, Mr. Northup was offered a job to play the violin in Washington but his companions turned out to be nothing more than abductors simply looking to make some money by selling Mr. Northup as a slave. Now, twelve years…

returning home, which she eventually did. Aminata left Africa and went to England so that she could present the account of her life so it could help abolish the slave trade. In comparison, Solomon Northup, in 12 Years a Slave is known in for being an amazing fiddle player. Two men insisted that they would pay Solomon a generous amount of money for his services. He accepts, and then travels freely with the two con men to New York…

In 1853, 12 Years A Slave, was written by Solomon Northup; however, this book was published in 2014. Northup 's book was a true story about himself and how started out as a free man, but then got captured into slavery in Washington D.C. Solomon only gives us the truthful facts about his experience. As he was captured, he was leaving behind a wife and children. Throughout the book Solomon encounters multiple people, who also captured into slavery, especially women by the name of Eliza and Patsey.…

book of Solomon Northup’s 12 Years A Slave. Director Steve McQueen and screenwriter John Ridley were able to infuse the essence of Northup’s book, while also adding the views from now with regard to slavery. An initial contrast between the book and the movie is in regard to the livelihood and freedom portrayed of Northup in New York. The obvious being that the movie shows Northup with 2 children, when in reality he had 3 children. This, however, has no real bearing on the story.…