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During its marketing campaign, 12 Years a Slave received unpaid endorsements by celebrities such as Kanye West and P. Diddy. [79] In a video posted by Revolt, Combs urged viewers to see 12 Years a Slave by stating: "This movie is very painful but very honest, and is a part of the healing process. I beg all of you to take your kids, everybody to ...
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 .
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. Northup was a professional violinist, farmer, and landowner in Washington County, New York.
Patsey (c. 1830–after 1863) was an African American enslaved woman.Solomon Northup wrote about her in his book Twelve Years a Slave, which is the source for most of the information known about her.
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I bought a man yesterday, 20 years old, 6 feet high, at $820; one to-day, 24 years old, at $850, black, and sleek as a mole. [Theophilus Freeman; Richmond, Sunday, September 21, 1839] Brother Garrison : This last is an extract from a letter of one who has evidently been largely engaged in trading in slaves and souls of men in Virginia and North ...
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.
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o.She won her first Academy Award for her feature film debut in 12 Years a Slave (2013), where she became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win the award.