https://mallhistory.org/files/original/851de0d2fc26da0d260283a9706d5381.tif de294c0b20d7de8407af4f7e3f76bb19 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 417 Height 563 People An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. First Name for nav purposes Solomon Last Name for nav purposes Northup Birth Date 1808 Birthplace Minerva, Essex County, New York Death Date 1863 Occupation Author Biographical Text Northrup was free African American farmer and musician from New York state. He was married with children at the time of his kidnapping in Washington, DC. <br /><br />Following the restoration of his freedom in 1853, he wrote an account of his experience, titled <em>Twelve Years a Slave</em>, published that same year. This drawing of him during his captivity as a slave was one of the illustrations in that memoir.<br /><br />Although he filed suit against the men who kidnapped him, District of Columbia law did not allow African Americans to testify in court, and he lost the case. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Solomon Northup Description An account of the resource Solomon Northrup, a free African American from New York, arrived in Washington in 1841 in the company of two white men who had promised him a job as a fiddler. After a day touring the Capitol and White House Grounds, the men drugged him and handed him over to a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/267">slave trader</a>. He was imprisoned in<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/45"> Williams' Slave Pen</a> near the Mall, and then sold into <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/475">slavery</a> for $1,000. He labored for twelve years on a cotton plantation until northern abolitionists, hearing of his plight, obtained his freedom through a series of legal battles in 1853. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <em>Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup</em> (London, 1853). <a title="Northup memoirs, e-book" href="http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/northup/northup.html">View original document.</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1830-1859 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Solomon Northup commerce & trade ghost mall politics & protest