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  2. 12 Years a Slave (film) - Wikipedia

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    12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of ...

  3. List of accolades received by 12 Years a Slave (film)

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    12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film directed and produced by Steve McQueen. It is an adaptation of the 1853 autobiographical slave narrative memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York-born free negro who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery. [ 1][ 2] The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the ...

  4. Twelve Years a Slave - Wikipedia

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    Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana ...

  5. 12 Years a Slave Director Makes His Dazed and Confused - AOL

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    Lovers Rock may be the Dazed and Confused of early-’80s Afro-Caribbean British subculture, but I wouldn’t really know. To an outsider, the film doesn’t have much impact.The one-hour film is ...

  6. List of films featuring slavery - Wikipedia

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    Year Description 12 Years a Slave: 2013: The film is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery. [9] 13th: 2016: Documentary on the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that allowed for slavery to continue for convicted prisoners. 500 Years ...

  7. Solomon Northup - Wikipedia

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    Known for. Writing Twelve Years a Slave. Signature. 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. A farmer and a professional violinist ...

  8. ‘Home Alone,’ ‘Terminator 2,’ ’12 Years a Slave’ Among 25 ...

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    The Library of Congress announced the 25 features joining the National Film Registry for 2023, with titles including “12 Years a Slave,” “Home Alone,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas ...

  9. Journey of Slavery Walking Tour in New Orleans - Tripadvisor

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    While on your walking-tour visit the trade location where free man SOLOMAN NORTHUP author of the bestselling Novel 12 YEARS A SLAVE was sold into slavery and began his 12 years journey as a slave in 1841. Before Plantations….. See ACTUAL SLAVE QUARTERS and EXCHANGE LOCATIONS nestled tightly and privately within the French Quarter.

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