Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984)

Directors

Gordon Parks

Cast

Avery Brooks

The story

Solomon Northup's Odyssey is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man in Saratoga, New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery (see slavery in the United States). Northup was intelligent, skilled in carpentry, and was able to play music. He was enslaved in the state of Louisiana for before he was released.

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