Solomon Northup Day | Abolitionist, Slavery, Freedom

Solomon Northup Day, annual observance held in July in Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S., in recognition of Solomon Northup, a free farmer, labourer, and musician who was abducted and sold into slavery in 1841 and liberated 12 years later. Northup was born in Schroon (now Minerva), New York, and

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