Describe the motives for the men who sell solomon into slavery. how is it even possible to sell a free citizen? how do they convince solomon to come with them?

Solomon Northup was born in 1807 in New York. Although his father had been born a slave, Northup was born free.

After Northup´s father,Mintus,became free, this man bought some lands in order to  comply with the property ownership condition imposed on African American people for them to be able to vote.Thanks to his father, Solomon was able to work in the land and was provided with education.

In 1841, in the city of Saratoga Springs, two men approached Northup and offered him some money in exchange for his work as a fiddler. They claimed they worked as circus performers.

Once they arrived Washington D.C., Solomon was completely deceived by these people.He was administered some drugs and locked in a cell. After this episode, he was sent to New Orleans and later sold as a slave.

Finally,he was later rescued in 1853 when he had the opportunity to contact his family and friends through letters and let them know of his situation.

Although he took James H. Birch,the slave dealer, to court; the case was dismissed.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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(2) yellowstone national park is an american national park located in wyoming,montana and idaho and is a colonial heritage site.it was established by us congress and signed into law by president ulysses g grant on march 1,1872.yellowstone is usa's and world's first national park and a heritage site.the park is also known for its wildlife and its geothermal geysers.

(3) yosemite national park: : : colonial heritage site in north in western sierra nevada of central was designated a world heritage site in 1984..it is famous for its granite cliffs,waterfalls,clear streams,giant sequoia groves,lakes,mountains,glaciers and biological

(4) grand canyon national park: : colonial heritage site in north in north western arizona and is 15th site declared as national park..the park's central feature is the grand canyon, a gorge of the colorado river,which is also considered one of the wonders of the world.the park covers 1217262 acres.the grand canyon was designated a world heritage site in by unesco in 1979.

(5) taos pueblo

(6) redwood national park

(7) cahokia mounds

(8) wrangell-st. elias national park

(9) glacier bay national park

(10) kluane national park

(11) tatshenshini-alsek provincial park

(12) mammoth cave national park

(13) olympic national park

(14) great smoky mountains national park

(15) quebec city

(16) everglades national park

(17) lunenburg, nova scotia

(18) glacier national park

(19)chichen itza