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Synopsis
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
Title | Solomon Northup's Odyssey |
Companies | The Fremantle Corporation, Past America, PBS |
Countries | United States of America |
Keywords | freedom, inhumanity, slavery, based on true story, slave trade, fiddler, sold into slavery, slave labor, escape from slavery, african american history, 1840s, american history, kidnapped, master-slave relationship, antebellum south |

Avery Brooks
Solomon NorthupRhetta Greene
Jenny
Mason Adams
FordEmory Beasley
Alonzo
Kent Broadhurst
Bass
Lee Bryant
Mrs. EppsCharles Darden
RobertTony Dreyspool
Senator Soule
Art Evans
Walton
J. Don Ferguson
FreemanRalph Flanders
CaptainTanzia Franks
ElizabethHarry George
SheriffAnn Pearl Gray
Kelsey
Janet League
ElizaCharles McGhee
LukeJay McMillan
Harry
Danny Nelson
ChapinJohn D. Northup
SherrillRalph Pace
Birch
Petronia Paley
Anne NorthupRandal Patrick
Sailor
J.C. Quinn
Tibeats
John Saxon
EppsGerhard Schwisow
Manning
Joe Seneca
Noah
Michael Tolan
Henry NorthupWillie Woods
ShadDavid Keith Anderson
Alonzo (uncredited)Don Devendorf
Plantation Owner (uncredited)