12 years a slave | if justice had been done, I never would have been here
12 Years a Slave tells the harrowing and true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free man living in New York in the mid-19th century. Solomon is a talented and educated musician with a loving family. However, his life takes a drastic turn when he is deceived by two men who offer him a job as a musician in Washington, D.C.
Once in Washington, Solomon is drugged and wakes up in chains, realizing he has been sold into slavery. Stripped of his freedom and identity, he is transported to the brutal and dehumanizing world of slavery in the South. Over the course of 12 years, Solomon is bought and sold by different slave owners, each more ruthless than the last.
when summer of 1852, and Platt has been a slave for more than a decade. Epps hires a crew of carpenters to build a house on his property, and among the crew is a white man named Bass. Platt is assigned to work with Bass and discovers that he is from Canada—and an abolitionist at heart. He overhears Bass and Epps have many friendly arguments about the benefits and evils of slavery. Platt decides to risk asking Bass for help. Bass proves to be a faithful friend and secretly sends letters on Northup’s behalf to Northup’s friends in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Parker is one of Solomon’s old friends from New York. He is one of the men that Bass writes to in an attempt to rescue Solomon from slavery and restore him to freedom. Parker and his business partner, William Perry, receive the letter and forward it on to Solomon’s family, setting the ball in motion for Solomon’s rescue.
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