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  1. 2 days ago · 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.

  2. Jun 12, 2024 · 12 Years a Slave, American dramatic film, released in 2013, that impressed critics and audiences with its harrowing depiction of slavery in the antebellum South. The movie won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for best picture as well as the Golden Globe Award for best drama.

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  3. 5 days ago · Movies About Slavery On Netflix. Updated July 1, 2024. Several directors have explored Movies About Slavery On Netflix. We assembled 22 of the best ones. Django Unchained (2012) ★★★★. 3.4 out of 4 stars. From Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington. Rated R.

  4. 2 days ago · Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming.

  5. 2 days ago · Both former slaves and free blacks were sometimes kidnapped and sold into slavery, as in the well-documented case of Solomon Northup, a New York-born free black who was kidnapped by Southern slavers while visiting Washington, DC.

  6. A loophole in the 13th Amendment (slavery prohibited except for punishment as a crime) allowed for those caught in "unlawful" situations to be legally reenslaved, and plantation owners often used this loophole regain enslaved labor at a much cheaper cost.

  7. Slaves were considered property in ancient Israel, as they were in the surrounding non-Israelite culture. Yet, God morally gradually exhorted the Israelites to see the humanity of their slaves, as the verse describes