Solomon Northup's Odyssey

Story Line

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.

Top Cast

Avery Brooks

Solomon Northup

Rhetta Greene

Jenny

Mason Adams

Ford

Emory Beasley

Alonzo

Kent Broadhurst

Bass

Lee Bryant

Mrs. Epps