#ThisDayInHistory Solomon Northup Gained His Freedom From Slavery
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On this day in 1853, Solomon Northrup, a free Black man who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, legally obtained his freedom. He later wrote about his experiences in 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.
#ThisDayInHistory Solomon Northup Gained His Freedom From Slavery
#ThisDayInHistory Solomon Northup Gained His…
#ThisDayInHistory Solomon Northup Gained His Freedom From Slavery
On this day in 1853, Solomon Northrup, a free Black man who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, legally obtained his freedom. He later wrote about his experiences in 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.