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Solomon Northup's Story 12 Years A Slave

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Throughout history, African Americans’ lives have been difficult. During the early 1800’s, when slavery was at its peak, many free blacks were kidnaped by slave drivers and forced back into slavery. Once they were brought into the South, they were sold to slave masters who were extremely cruel. After capture, the masters would break the will and take away the names of their slaves in order to have full control over them. The slaves were even forced to live life how their masters told them. One prime example of this is Solomon Northup’s story, 12 Years a Slave. Solomon Northup was a free black who lived in New York. He was tricked into going to Washington DC and was captured by slave traders. He was beaten profusely, given a new name, and sold
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