Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Solomon Northup
Born: July 10, 1807
Died: 1863 (aged 55)
Bio: Solomon Northup 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 free woman of color.
Known for:
- Twelve Years a Slave (1853)
- Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story
- 12 Years a Slave Novel Journal