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  1. 12 Years a Slave (2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  2. Novel. John Ridley. Screenplay. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity.

  3. Need help on characters in Solomon Northup's 12 Years a Slave? Check out our detailed character descriptions. From the creators of SparkNotes.

  4. The main character of ’12 Years a Slave’ is Solomon Northup, a free African American man from upstate New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South.

  5. 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.

  6. James H. Burch. A well-known slave-dealer of Washington and Solomon’s first apparent enslaver. Burch appears to a newly chained Solomon and informs him of his new identity as a slave. When Solomon protests and declares himself a free man, Burch whips him mercilessly.

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  8. 12 Years a Slave: Directed by Steve McQueen. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt. In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.