Religion: not determined yet
Name: Solomon Northup
Classification:
non-feature lead character
real/historical person
Publisher(s): 
Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: Twelve Years a Slave (1853)
Creators: Solomon Northup, Avery Brooks (actor)
Number of Appearances: 3
TV, Film Appearances: 2
Prose/Text Book/Story Appearances: 1
Location: Louisiana, USA; Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Birth Place: Minerva, New York, USA
Race: black
Gender: male
Note: free black man captured and sold into slavery
After regaining his freedom, Solomon Northup became an active activist in the abolitionist cause.
12 Years a Slave (2013) (lead character)Twelve Years a Slave (1853) (lead character)
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Northup
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0290833/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)