![]() ![]() ![]() This year, the attendees included film executives, actress Lupita Nyong’o, and other representatives from the movie 12 Years A Slave. Williams purchased the book from Lyrical Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she was attending Solomon Northup Day.Vera Williams has worked at the National Archives since 2010, but she had no idea that records documenting her family history were in her workplace. ![]() Williams, center, holding a first edition of 12 Years a Slave, written by her great-great-great-grandfather Solomon Northup. Relatives come together from across the country-including Williams’s own mother, who was honored this year as Northup’s oldest living descendant. Williams has helped organize family attendance to the events and manages a Facebook page for Solomon Northup Family and Friends. Solomon Northup Day was founded by Rene Moore, a local citizen of Saratoga Springs, NY, and has been celebrated for the past 15 years. The book was recently made into the movie 12 Years A Slave. When Northup escaped, he wrote a book about his experiences and-most shockingly for that era-took his kidnappers to trial. The day honors her great-great-great grandfather, Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and forced into slavery in 1841. ![]() This past summer, Vera Williams attended her annual family reunion and Solomon Northup Day. ![]()
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