![]() ![]() ![]() Read more about Northup’s family and see exclusive photos of them here. Northup tells of his experiences in his 1853 book, Twelve Years a Slave, which inspired a 1984 documentary, Solomon Northups Odyssey, and a 2013 movie Twelve Years a Slave. Click here to see video of Washington, D.C.-based descendants, and click here for West Coast-based descendants, who received a surprise visit from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen. Master Epps was informed inside this house that Northup was a kidnaped free man who would return to his family in Glens Falls, New York. Renaming Northup 'Platt Hamilton,' Birch created a fictitious backstory for Platt before shipping him south via the brig Orleans to his partner Theophilus Freeman in New Orleans. 16 at the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y. In 1841 Solomon Northup, a free black New Yorker, was kidnapped in Washington, DC, and sold to slave trader James Birch. ![]() Northup’s New York-based descendants were photographed by Wesley Mann on Feb. And Brad Pitt,” says Lynette Perez, a fourth great-granddaughter. Before it was just a book, and now it’s this movie directed by Steve McQueen. If people take away a message from the film, she’d like it to be that “The past is in the past and we should go on with the future, and we should do better.” VIDEO: Steve McQueen Surprises Solomon Northup’s Descendants During Emotional Photoshoot My mother had gotten a copy of the book printed and copies made for each one of the children,” says Carol Adams-Sally, a second great-granddaughter.Įlaine Cooper-Johnson, a third great-granddaughter, says she is “very proud that we had somebody great in our family.” “I remember being told about it when I was in high school. ![]()
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