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3 unusual facts about Solomon Northup


Louisiana State University at Alexandria

Solomon Northup, author of Twelve Years a Slave, worked for Edwin Epps in the nineteenth century.

Pierre Soulé

In late 1852, while in Washington, D.C., he provided some support and assistance to the agent responsible for rescuing Solomon Northup.

Shilling

Due to ongoing shortages of US coins in some regions, shillings continued to circulate well into the 19th century, for example being mentioned as the standard monetary unit throughout the autobiography of Solomon Northup.



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