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Solomon Northup was born as a free man in NY.
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Solomon marries Anne Hampton in 1829 they have 3 children together (Elizabeth, Maragret and Alonzo)
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Solomon met Brown and Hamilton, members of a circus company who offered Northup a job to travel with them.
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Solomon is kidnapped in Washington DC. and sold to James Burch, a slave trader.
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Solomon met Eliza, she is separated from her Children upon her being sold.
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Northup is sold to William Ford, a baptist preacher from Lousiana
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Northup is sold to John Tibeats who was a cruel slave owner, attempted to murder Northup for retaliatiing against his cruelty
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Solomon returns to Tibeats
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Ford sells Northup to Edwin Epps.
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Northup is lent to Tanner