# Solomon Northup — Twelve Years a Slave character guide

> Solomon Northup in Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Solomon, Northup, Sol, Solomon Northup Staunton, said Solomon, said Solomon Northup

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A free black man kidnapped into slavery; the narrator and protagonist.

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