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Solomon Northup
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Works cited
Home
- ""Let Them Eat Grass": The 1862 Dakota Uprising..." US History Scene. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2015.
Morality
- "Solomon Northup | Biography - American Farmer and Writer." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2015.
- Wrote autobiography to tell others about slavery
- Against slavery
- Wanted to inform others about the cruelness of slavery
Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup
- Born July 10, 1807
- Born free man
- American farmer and musician
- Got kidnapped into slavery for 12 years
- Died around 1863
Slavery and After
-Kidnapping
-Slavery
Characterization
-12 years
Evolution - Solomon goes through a lot of hardships.
- Kidnapped
- Beaten
- Sold to 3 different owners
Made him a better perso who didn't give up.
-Novel
Characterization
Actions - Solomon Northup did a lot of things such as...
- Being Kidnapped
- Getting out of slavery
- Wrote his book help stop slavery
- Even spoke and told his story to abolsihnet
-Death/Disapearence
- African Male with brown hair and eyes
- Speech - Always stays positive and never gives up
- Thoughts - Wants freedom and for people to understand the wrongness of slavery
"The law says you have the right to hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon... it lies. Is everything right because the law allows it? Suppose they'd pass a law taking away your liberty and making you a slave?" (12 Years a Slave"
Setting Before Kidnapping
-Born in 1808
-Mintus a slave
-Born free
-Farm life
FREEDOM
-New York
-Family
Compare and Contrast
Compare:
- Him and Douglass have books about them
- They both toured to talk about slavery
- They both had help to escape slavery
- He stole books to learn like Douglass
- They both had a family
- Jobs
- religious
Cause and Effect
http://i180.photobucket.com/albulm/x247/soundandfuryandpeace/h
- Cause:Kidnapped at home by two men
- Effect:Trapped into slavery for 12 years
- Cause: Thought Northup was slave for sale
- Effect:Drugged him and took him
- Cause: Father was a slave
- Effect: Got last name from father's master
Cause and Effect
- Cause: Born a free man
- Effect: lived in New York with family
- Cause:Lived in a free state
- Effect:Was a farmer and musician
Cause and Effect
"Smithsoniamag.com." - Smithsoniamag Resources and Information. This Website Is for Sale! N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2015.
- Cause: Was a slave for 12 years
- Effect:Has autobiography and movie about his life
- Cause:Escaped Slavery
- Effect: Got reunited with his family
http://d97a3ad6c1b09e180027-
Contrast
- free or slave
- family
- land
- Musician