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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. 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 ...

4. Patsey - Wikipedia

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   Patsey. 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. There have been two adaptations of the book in film, Solomon Northup's Odyssey in 1984 and the better known 12 Years a Slave, in 2013.

5. 8 'Mean Girls'-Inspired Costumes for a Fetch Halloween - AOL

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   To be fair, Cady Heron did her best when thrown into infiltrating the Plastics on her first week at school. Following Karen Smith's iconic guidance ("On Wednesdays we wear pink"), Cady pulled her ...

6. 12 Classic Halloween Costumes That Are Easy to Pull Off - AOL

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   Taylor Swift Eras. Taylor Swift has been a classic costume for years, especially her iconic ensemble in the “22” music video. And now, with the popularity of the Eras Tour, we’re bound to ...

7. Solomon Northup - Wikipedia

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   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. Northup was a professional violinist, farmer, and landowner in Washington County, New ...