The writers of the book Stolen Into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man, are not new to the world of writing. On the contrary, they are veteran authors who have researched and written numerous books. Judith and Dennis Fradin recognized that investigating and writing about the fascinating life of Solomon Northup would result in an inspiring book. Before the beginning of the Civil War Solomon Northup lived as a free black man in New York State with his wife and three children, which makes his narrative of being kidnapped and enslaved all the more incomprehensible. Solomon was an educated black man; therefore he was able to compile a narrative of his years as being a stolen “free” black man on the Louisiana cotton and sugar cane plantations. After Solomon was rescued from a Louisiana plantation and reunited with his family, he published his autobiography entitled, 12 Years a Slave. This autobiography led to the creation of a movie by the same name as well as a book for which this summary was written. What an individual remembers and what actually occurred can at times be hard to prove, yet the Fradins were able to verify many of Solomon’s accounts by acquiring actual bills of sale and court records. Any author can write about facts, but with the help of Solomon’s memoirs the Fradins were able to produce a …show more content…
Northup made a few stops along the way, they knew the right thing to do was to try to bring justice to the men who had kidnapped, sold, and purchased him. On account of him being a slave, sadly, no one would listen to the evidence they had against the perpetrators. After much anticipation, he eventually arrived at home where he was reunited with his wife, children, and grandchild. At some point after his homecoming he wrote his book 12 Years a Slave, and at around the age of 50 he disappeared from the public’s eye, no one knows where he was buried, but his book has made monumental impressions on us