tied him up and dropped him in the Williams Slave Pen. Northup was no longer free. He would spend the next 12 years of his life enslaved, until he was finally freed on this day in 1853.

Facing cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his ...

One such slave was Solomon Northup, and it is the film adaptation of his 1853 narrative 12 Years a Slave that won best film drama at the Golden Globes yesterday. Like 12 Years a Slave, Beloved is ...