Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup in twelve years of slavery. key data Birth Name Nathaniel birth July 1808 Minerva, Essex County (NY) death unknown after 1857 Country of Residence USA profession Farmer, violinist, writer, speaker other activities campaigning for the abolition of slavery Solomon Northup, born in July 1808 in Minerva, Essex County in the State of New York and died on an unknown date after 1857 is an African American born free mulatto son of a freed slave. He was a farmer and violinist, and owned property in Hebron, in the State of New York.