"Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of an April night in 1841 with his body trembling, his head throbbing, and a terrifying question in his mind: Where was he? He slowly realized that he was in a dark, dank, foul-smelling dungeon in Washington, D.C. Worse yet, he was in handcuffs and his feet were chained to the floor." Stolen into slavery is the story of a black man named Solomon Northrop. He lives in New York and he is free. One day, he gets offered to go with some white men to a carnival, and he agreed in order to make extra money for his children. The men kidnapped him and forced him into illegal slavery for 12 years, and he was forced to be away from his family. He spend years being beaten and sold from plantation to plantation, hoping to someday be free again.

STOLEN INTO SLAVERY

US CONSTITUTION

• The us constitution is what stopped slavery
• On New Year's Day, 1863, president Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation
• 1865, December 6, the 13th ammendment is ratified.

BASS

• Saved Solomon
• Is abolitionist
• Secretly met Solomon

DOUGLAS

• Runaway slave
• Wrote about Solomon
• Abolisionist

EPPS

• Owned epps plantation
• Tried to hang Solomon
• Would whip slaves for fun

GADSBYS HOTEL

• Solomon stayed here when kidnapped
• Next to funeral of president Harrison
• Was taken from hotel to a slave pen

HARVESTING

• Solomon's job was to harvest cotton
• The slaves all were forced to work in field for hours
• If they didn't harvest enough, they were whipped.

INK

• Slaves usually didn't know how to write
• If they did they weren't able to find ink
• Samuel bass gives Solomon ink and sends letter to his family

JUDGE

• Solomon sent a letter to his family who hired a judge to save him
• Tried in court to send his kidnappers to jail twice
• Both times they were not guilty

VIOLIN

• Solomon played violin
• Was going to the circus to play violin
• Was allowed to play for people while a slave and make money

LUISIANA

• Solomon was taken to luisiana
• Was at fords plantation
• Epps plantation

I think so one who is interested in our history or the lives of of other people would like this book. This book goes into detail on the live of Solomon, and the history that surrounds that time of his life. I like biographies and I enjoyed learning about his life.

MARGERET

• Solomon's daughter
• Was little when he left
• Had a house and Solomon lived with her when he was set free

KIDNAPPED

• Solomon was kidnapped in new york
• He was a free black man and it was illigal for him to be a slave
• He was kidnapped for 12 years

NEW ORLEANS

• He was sold in New Orleans
• Had smallpox in New Orleans
• Almost worked in plantation

ORLEANS

• Boat he was forced on
• Another free man made it off the boat
• Had a letter mailed in New Orleans by manning

CANADA

• Slavery outlawed
• Samuel Bass
• Solomon visited Canada

FREEMAN

• Solomon was renamed Platt by freeman
• Was a slave dealer
• Sold Solomon to William Ford

PLANTATION

• Solomon was in several plantations
• Forced to work there
• Almost was hung at a plantation

RACISM

• Solomon was still subject to racism even when free
• The Jim Crowe laws were made to seperate whites and blacks
• Blacks were considered the lowest in society.

QUICK

• When harvesting, the slaves had to work quickly or else they were whipped
• If the slave tried to run off, they usually wouldn't make it quick enough and were hung

SLAVERY

• Slavery was said to have begun around 1619 then became more popular.
• Slavery was harsh on the slaves, and caused them a lot of physical and emotional damage.
• Slavery was finally abolished in 1865

TESTIFY

• Solomons kidnapping trial was in February of 1855
• They testified he wanted to be a slave
• They were not guilty

WASHINGTON DC

• Where Solomon went to the presidents funeral
• Where he was taken to a slave pen
• Gasbys hotel

AFRICAN AMERICAN

• Solomon
• 400000 free African Americans at that time.
• 2.5 million were slaves.

YEARS

• Solomon was forced into slavery for twelve years
• Twelve years a slave is the name of the book he wrote and the movie based on the book
• Solomon left his daughter when she was 7 years old