![]() ![]() ![]() He was beaten and sold into slavery in Louisiana, where he would remain for 12 long years before being rescued. Without his free papers, Northup was considered an escaped slave. In Northup's autobiography, he describes how the men he'd originally trusted drugged him, kidnapped him, and held in a slave pen in Washington D.C. ![]() In the capital, slavery was still legal at the time, meaning that Northup's freedom could easily come under question. After the trip to New York, Northup agreed to continue to travel with them to Washington D.C. He accepted, not suspecting that these men had evil intentions. In 1841, Northup was walking the streets of Saratoga one day looking for work when two white men approached him, offering him an opportunity to play his violin in NYC. ![]()
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