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THBTwelve Years a Slave, The Kidnapping Case of Solomon Northup, New York Daily Times, January 20, 1853
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New-York Daily Times. New York: January 20, 1853. Vol. II, No. 419. 8pp, 15.25 x 21 in. Detailed account of the 1841 abduction and subsequent enslavement of freedman Solomon Northup as described in his 1853 memoir Twelve Years a Slave and depicted in the 2013 Oscar-winning film based on his account. Front page headline announces "THE KIDNAPPING CASE. Narrative of the Seizure and Recovery of Solomon Northrup [sic]."
Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York in 1807, and it was there that he married a free woman of color and started his family. During a trip to Washington, DC, the farmer and violinist was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery for a period of twelve years, the majority of which were spent under the ownership of a cruel and punishing master. In 1853, Northup regained his freedom thanks to the efforts of an itinerant Canadian carpenter named Samuel Bass with whom Northup had confided his story of enslavement.
Solomon Northup (erroneously spelled both Northrup and Northrop in this and other publications of the day) and his horrific experience garnered national attention as the newly free Northup worked with his Northern allies to prosecute the slave traders in Washington, DC who were responsible for his kidnapping. The unfolding story documented in this newspaper account was of major interest in a country that was increasingly fractured along Northern and Southern lines. The article reports:
INTERESTING DISCLOSURES. We have obtained from Washington the subjoined statement of the circumstances attending the seizure and recovery of the negro man SOLOMON NORTHROP, whose case has excited so high a degree of interest. The material facts in the history of the transaction have already been given, but this narrative will be found a more complete and authentic record than has yet appeared.
Two and half columns are then devoted to outlining Northup's story and the legal machinations that followed after securing his freedom.
A significant piece of Americana, this important newspaper relates to slavery, abolitionism, and the building tensions present in antebellum America.
Condition
Front page has a large vertical tear running through approximately half of the article, and another horizontal tear through a portion of the article. Several other tears are present on the newspaper as well, however, article text remains easily readable. Some toning. Newspaper appears to have been bound and has small losses along left edge line.
Item is in good condition with smallest table having small surface blemish.
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