Solomon Northup
Search results
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the 1853 autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who in 1841 was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey. 1984 · 1 hr 55 min. TV-14. Drama. Solomon Northup, was black man in the mid 19th century who was born a freeman and worked as a carpenter and part time musician. Approached to play for a group of men, he is kidnapped and sold into slavery.
- Gordon Parks
- January 1, 1984
- 114 min
In this fact-based film, Solomon Northup (Avery Brooks) is a free black man living and working in Maryland during the 1840s. Unexpectedly, a visiting slave owner apprehends Solomon and brings...
- (4)
- Gordon Parks
- Biography
- Avery Brooks
Solomon Northup's Odyssey: Directed by Gordon Parks. With Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams, Emory Beasley. This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished.
- (304)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Gordon Parks
- 1984-12-10
At Birch's slave market, Solomon is beaten by Birch in an attempt to coerce the former into accepting his new name of Platt. He also meets a Virginia-born slave named Jenny, with whom he strikes up an immediate friendship.
People also ask
Is Half Slave Half Free based on a true story?
Is 12 years a slave based on a true story?
What happened to Northup in Half Slave & Half Free?
When did twelve years a slave come out?
Dec 10, 1984 · Based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave, the film relates the story of Solomon Northup, a black freedman who, in 1841, was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and sold into slavery. Avery Brooks stars as Northup, who spent a dozen years in servitude in Louisiana before managing his escape.
