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Oberlin Has Tie to “12 Years a Slave” Character

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jan 8, 2014 | Abolition

By David Fiske, Co-author of Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave, Praeger, 2013. Though Louisiana is the primary setting for the film 12 Years a Slave, there is a connection between Oberlin and one of the characters featured in...