Tag: 12 Years a Slave
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Gratitude Up, Resentment Down
by Daniel Tippens I. Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave tells an inspired story of Solomon Northup. Originally a free individual living in the North with a wife and children before the Civil War, Solomon is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being drugged, he wakes up to find himself in a dark dungeon with…