![]() ![]() ![]() Despairing, he plots his escape, only to be foiled at every turn. No one listens to Solomon’s claim that he has papers proving his status as a free man. But after sharing a drink with the men, he awakens to find he has been drugged and bound and faces a horrifying reality: he is being shipped to the South as a slave. Solomon agrees to travel with them briefly, playing the fiddle while they perform. One day, when his family is out of town, he is approached by two men claiming to be circus promoters. SOLOMON NORTHUP (Chiwtel Ejiofor), an educated black man with a gift for music, lives with his wife and children in Saratoga, New York. Here’s the full synopsis for 12 Years a Slave:īased on a true story, 12 YEARS A SLAVE is a riveting account of a free black man kidnapped from New York and sold into brutal slavery in mid-1850s Louisiana, and the inspiring story of his desperate struggle to return home to his family. ![]()
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