Solomon Northup

produced, and written by African Americans to win an academy award. This is a movie that has won 235 awards worldwide, and was also a winner of the Oscar award for the best motion picture prize. This movie is based on an African American man named Solomon Northup who was born, married, worked, and lived in upstate New York as a free man. As the movie goes on showing his nice well put together life and freedom, he meets two men he believed to be very influential, and they also seemed…

Slavery is known to be a dark part in U.S. history, but why should people lie about what clearly happened? Slavery is the condition of forcing people against their will, specifically African Americans, to undertake exhausting labor for an owner of a plantation. In the novel, NightJohn, the main character, Sarny, secretly starts to learn to read and write despite the risks of getting discovered. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, NightJohn, is considered historical fiction, Paulsen accurately depicts…

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a captivating tale that shows his view of slavery as freed man in the north forced to be a slave in the south. Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery when he was offered a job to play his instrument (the violin) in a traveling circus. But before he was sold into slavery, he lived in upstate New York, with his family and of course, his work. He was your everyday worker with skills of a violinist. So when two con men offered him a job playing the…

Steve McQueen, the director of the film 12 Years a Slave, showcases Solomon Northup as a very talented and versatile character who manages to stay alive and reunite with his family. Although both medias have different stories, they share a common theme, survival aided by intelligence. Both sources of media showcase how the main characters in 12 Years a Slave and The Book of Negroes used their…

African-American man named Solomon Northup. Solomon was a free black man from upstate New York who made his livings off of playing the violin. Being as good as he is, it must have felt believable to him when two white male strangers presented him with an “opportune” chance to perform in an out of town gig in which high pay was promised. The two white males preceded to convince him and celebrated with a dinner, but it was then where the story took a turn. Solomon Northup was drugged, duped,…

When discussing slavery we mention how badly the slaves were treated but 12 Years A Slave is a movie that bring this atrocities to life through the eyes of Solomon Northup. This movie was adapted from the book written by Solomon Northup himself where he shows what slavery in the south truly looked like. He was a man who had his freedom stolen from him but thankfully he lived to tell the tale. His story shows us how black slaves were bought and sold at the market, what the transition from free…

Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave, is Northup’s autobiography, where he generally describes the strong view of how freedom is not given for himself. Northup’s autobiography Twelve Years a Slave, has influenced the meaning of freedom. The book was published in 1853, the year when Northup was finally a freed man and went to reunite with his family in New York. Freedom means the state of being free. The book shows that freedom plays a significant part of his life and reveals how he is able to…

master had a small planation. He did indeed treat them better by having bible reading and leisure time. He gave sympathy towards Solomon Northup. From the beginning, he gave him something to hold from the past which was a string instrument. He also came running to cut the rope when one of the overseer let Northup get strangled for a long period of time. But due to Northup confession about being a free man, Master Ford went with his gut about the rules of slaves being property and decided to…

soups (Opie 2008, 35). In Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup recounts Christmastime celebrations on the Epps Plantation as the “only time to which they look forward with any interest or pleasure” (Northup 2011, 127). Northup describes the tradition of “Christmas Supper” is a time when the weekly rations are “dispensed with” and instead the slaves enjoy a meal of turkey or chicken and savor deserts such as tarts or pies (Northup 2011, 128). Northup also emphasizes the importance of these meals…

Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is an important novel. It should be a requirement for all students taking any United States history course to read this novel because it not only lets readers gain an understanding of the harsh reality of slavery, but also gives them a basis for understanding the widespread racism that resulted from it. Northup’s story is one that can be completely eye-opening to the plight of African slaves on southern plantations in the nineteenth century. Northup is able to…