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  2. John C. Tibbetts - Wikipedia

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    More recently, he has produced two radio series about music, including the 15-part The World of Robert Schumann and the 17-part Piano Portraits, that have been broadcast worldwide and are now a part of the permanent collection of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives in Lincoln Center, New York. Both derive from his knowledge of music and feature ...

  3. 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.

  4. 12 Years a Slave (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    Music from and Inspired by 12 Years a Slave is the soundtrack album to 12 Years a Slave.It contains two tracks from the film score composed by Hans Zimmer, three tracks co-arranged by violinist Tim Fain and Nicholas Britell, [5] and original spiritual songs written and arranged for the film by Nicholas Britell, [6] as well as performances by Alabama Shakes, Cody ChesnuTT, Gary Clark Jr ...

  5. 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.

  6. Run, Nigger, Run - Wikipedia

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    Kristian Lin of the Fort Worth Weekly wrote that, though the song had initially been used by black slaves to encourage escapees and warn them of the dangers involved, when performed by the character of Tibeats it became a taunt, "like a prison guard who jingles the keys for the prisoners to hear, reminding them of what they don't have". [7]

  7. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters - Wikipedia

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    Chapter 4, "The Survivor", is set in a world in which the Chernobyl disaster was "the first big accident". Journalists report that the world is on the brink of nuclear war. The protagonist escapes by boat to avoid the assumed inevitability of a nuclear holocaust. Whether this occurred or is merely a result of the protagonist's paranoia is left ...

  8. Solomon Northup - Wikipedia

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    Northup persuaded John Manning, an English sailor, to send to Henry B. Northup, upon reaching New Orleans, a letter that told of his kidnapping and illegal enslavement. [58] [j] Henry was a lawyer, a relative of Henry Northrop who had held and freed Solomon's father, [11] and a childhood friend of Solomon's.

  9. Roll, Jordan, Roll - Wikipedia

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    The tune known as "Roll, Jordan, Roll" may have its origins in the hymn "There is a Land of Pure Delight" written by Isaac Watts [1] in the 18th century. It was introduced to the United States by the early 19th century, in states such as Kentucky and Virginia, as part of the Second Great Awakening, and often sung at camp meetings.