Solomon Northup was sold into slavery in 1841 and wrote about his harsh experiences in his 1853 memoir Twelve Years a Slave. Northup’s ultimate fate is unknown: some believe he was kidnapped and enslaved again, while others believe he died of natural causes.
Image: “Solomon Northup in his plantation suit” by Frederick Coffin (1853). From the Library Company of Philadelphiahttps://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2791
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