![]() ![]() The couple went on to have three children - Elizabeth, Margaret and Alonzo. On Christmas Day in 1829, Northup wed Anne Hampton, a woman of multi-racial descent. Northup worked with his father on a farm growing up, and also took to books and playing the violin. His father Mintus had once been enslaved but was released upon his former master's death, and hence Solomon and his older brother Joseph grew up knowing freedom. ![]() Northup was born in July 1808 in Minerva, New York. His experiences are the subject of the book and film 12 Years a Slave. Northup was freed in 1853 with help from colleagues and friends. He was lured south and kidnapped in 1841 and enslaved for more than a decade, enduring horribly violent conditions. Solomon Northup grew up a free man, working as a farmer and violinist while having a family. ![]()
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