Solomon Northup's Stolen Into Slavery

Two and a half million African Americans are enslaved, and Solomon Northup was one of them. Solomon Northup is the main character of the book, Stolen Into Slavery by Judith and Dennis Fradin. Solomon Northup was a freed man, who got kidnapped and sold into slavery when he was 32 years old. Lured then trapped in Washington D.C by the money and the promise of one day becoming a famous violinist all around the world. He had a wife, and three young kids, but after years of being away for many years, his kids cannot recognize him in a crowd. His wife left alone in a male-dominated world, struggling emotionally and economically without Solomon. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Solomon’s human rights were clearly violated. The heartless inhumanity of slavery is evident in Stolen Into Slavery by Judith and Dennis Fradin because it’s evident that Solomon’s human rights were violated.

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it becomes clear that Solomon’s human rights were violated. More specifically article

More specifically article four which state, “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article Four). First of all, it goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to even be a slave, but none of the less when promised the hope of freedom, freed slaves don’t always stay free. For instance, like Solomon, a freed black man always has the potential of being kidnapped and sold into slavery once again. This unfortunate fact becomes true when the author states, “While it is known that many African Americans went from slavery to freedom, it is less known that thousands of black people went from freedom to slavery”(Fradin 109). This shows the never-ending cycle of slavery, and how a freed slave does not always stay