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A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
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The Fremantle Corporation, Past America
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Full credits →A
Avery Brooks
Solomon Northup
R
Rhetta Greene
Jenny
M
Mason Adams
Ford
K
Kent Broadhurst
Bass
L
Lee Bryant
Mrs. Epps
C
Charles Darden
Robert
T
Tony Dreyspool
Senator Soule
A
Art Evans
Walton
J
J. Don Ferguson
Freeman
T
Tanzia Franks
Elizabeth
J
Janet League
Eliza
D
Danny Nelson
Chapin
R
Ralph Pace
Birch
P
Petronia Paley
Anne Northup
R
Randal Patrick
Sailor
J
J.C. Quinn
Tibeats
J
John Saxon
Epps
J
Joe Seneca
Noah
M
Michael Tolan
Henry Northup
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Don Devendorf
Plantation Owner (uncredited)
