SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A 13-foot-tall statue of Solomon Northup, entitled “Hope Out of Darkness,” was unveiled earlier this summer on the lawn of the Lincoln Bathhouse in the Saratoga Spa State Park ...

Born a free American in Minerva, New York in 1808, Northup, who lived in the Saratoga area with his family, was tricked into joining a fraudulent traveling circus, leading to him being kidnapped and ...

This illustration shows Solomon Northup and Henry B. Northup reuniting on a Louisiana plantation from which Solomon Northrup was rescued. This illustration from Solomon Northup's a book "Twelve Years ...

A traveling exhibit called "Solomon Northup: Hope of Darkness" is on display at the Alexandria Museum of Art until April 22. The exhibit features a statue of Solomon Northup, a free man who was ...

The film 12 Years a Slave tells the real-life story of Solomon Northup. In 1841, Northup, a free black man, was drugged and then sold into... '12 Years' Gets Story Right But Context, Some Details May ...

There are names you'd expect to see on lists of award-season nominees, names like Scorsese, Streep, Blanchett, Hanks and -- lately, anyway -- maybe even a McConaughey here and there. But in a twist ...

KEESEVILLE — Each Solomon Northup descendant has a unique story of how their famous ancestor came on their radar. For Justin Gilliam, 36, his entree was via “Puttin’ On Ole Massa: The Slave Narratives ...

12 Years a Slave is a powerful historical drama film based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free African American man who was abducted and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War United States.

In the new film adaptation of Twelve Years A Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup, a black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. There's a true American saga on screens this ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Something special is coming to the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum this week. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin invites the public to view an exhibit of “Changing Landscapes: Photographs ...