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Anne Meagher Northup (born January 22, 1948) is an American Republican politician and educator from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville -centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
Between 1863 and 1875 (aged 55–68) Solomon Northup (born July 10, c. 1807–1808; died c. 1864) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color.
4 de ene. de 2024 · Un libro, que él había dictado a un escritor con el minucioso relato de su azarosa y extraña vida, fue uno de los más vendidos en 1853 porque en páginas rigurosas y con un lenguaje simple trazaba...
26 de feb. de 2024 · ADK historian sheds light on Black woman whose husband was enslaved 12 years. Feb 26, 2024 —. Solomon Northup has a lasting legacy in American history, as a free Black man who was kidnapped and...
23 de ene. de 2018 · Their testimony, given about 30 years after Solomon Northup’s kidnapping, shows that, in the summer of 1841, Anne met Madame Jumel at the Pavilion Hotel in Saratoga. Anne, known for her work in the kitchens of various hotels, probably worked then as a cook at the Pavilion.
Solomon Northup (Minerva, Nueva York, 10 de julio de 1808— después de 1863) [1] [2] fue un violinista y abolicionista estadounidense negro que nació libre y adquirió renombre por ser secuestrado en 1841, cuando acudía a una entrevista de trabajo.
20 de feb. de 2024 · Northup is best known for his autobiographical account of his enslavement, Twelve Years a Slave. His 1853 memoir provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
