TIL in 1841, a free black New York man named Solomon…
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TIL in 1841, a free black New York man named Solomon Northup was kidnapped while on a trip to Washington, DC and sold into slavery in Louisiana. After proving his freedom 12 years later, his kidnapper was prosecuted but acquitted because DC law did not allow Northup to testify against a white man.
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