What does Solomon Northup’s narrative, as part of a larger genre of antislavery literature, reveal about the institution of slavery?

✅ Context: In 1841, when Solomon Northup was coaxed by "two gentlemen of respectable appearance" on his journey to Washington, D.C. for job, he had a free Black man living in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was tortured and sold into slavery, though there he was said to be a fleeting slave by the captors. He served twelve years in Louisiana under three separate masters before being liberated – a feat that included smuggling a letter anonymously to his family to the governor of New York.

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abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.