The celebration of this day remains a way of 'remembering' so that we, as Americans don't forget how far we have come and to encourage youth to speak-up for human freedom and justice. -Renee Moore, Founder, Solomon Northup Day
- Ex-Slave’s Harrowing Memoir Now a Hollywood Movie
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In October, Fox Searchlight will release a film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard and Brad Pitt about a New York State resident, Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery.
- By Nyack News and Views
- Person Details for Joseph Northup
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Person Details for Joseph Northup in household of Mary Sullivan, "New York, State Census, 1855" — FamilySearch.org