David Fiske is a librarian and researcher with extensive experience in African American history. He is the author of "Solomon Northup's Kindred: The Kidnapping of Free Citizens before the Civil War".
The film 12 Years a Slave told of Solomon Northup’s kidnapping and enslavement before the Civil War, but Northup’s victimization was not an isolated incident: Economics and governmental actions made such crimes profitable, and many citizens, primarily free blacks, were victimized: This presentation will explain how kidnappers could operate with relative ease, and tell about several of the victims included in Fiske's book, Solomon Northup's Kindred: The Kidnapping of Free Citizens before the Civil War.
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