![]() He also meets a Virginia-born slave named Jenny, with whom he strikes up an immediate friendship. At Birch's slave market, Solomon is beaten by Birch in an attempt to coerce the former into accepting his new name of Platt. Unfortunately, not long after his arrival in the nation's capital, Solomon is drugged and sold to a slave dealer named Jim Birch. This was considered a good wage in 1841 Believing the trip to be short, Solomon decides not to notify his wife, Anne. ![]() They claimed that they wanted to hire Solomon to play his fiddle in a circus in Washington, D.C., for the rate of one dollar per day and three dollars per musical performance. Because of his reputation as a skilled violinist, he attracts the attention of two men calling themselves Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton. The movie turned out to be 1984's "HALF SLAVE, HALF FREE: SOLOMON NORTHUP'S ODYSSEY".ĭirected by photographer Gordon Parks, "SOLOMON NORTHRUP'S ODYSSEY" told the story of an African-American carpenter and musician from Saratoga Springs, New York named Solomon Northrup. Being a history nut about 19th century America, I decided to check it out. ![]() Years ago, I had come across a television movie, at my local video store, about a 19th African-American who found himself kidnapped into slavery. ![]() "HALF SLAVE, HALF FREE: SOLOMON NORTHUP'S ODYSSEY" (1984) Review ![]()
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