For starters I want to say that Solomon Northup’s life sunk my heart. He was a free man for thirty years before he was tricked into slavery. I used storymap to map out his life with major events and the cites he was in. It was super cool to see the end product of the slideshow, as it shows the movement of his life travel. He was living his life as a farmer and violinist in Minerva New York. He then married his wife Ann Hampton and moved to Saratoga springs. To sustain his family he was looking for jobs with his violin skill. He was offered a job to play violin with a circus, once he had travelled with the circus to Washington DC. There he was tricked into slavery and his 12 years of being one began. Of course all slaved had a tragic story, but to have been free your whole life and then be taken captive is unimaginable. I chose photos that showed his whole lifetime. I started off with him as a kid to portray his childhood on the farm with his family, and the place was Minerva, New York City. Next I added a picture of his wife, Ann Hampton, and the place given was Saratoga springs. I wanted to include this because I feel it portrays the normalcy in his first 30 years of living which then shows the tragic contrast in his then enslaved life. I next found a picture that portrays people being tricked into slavery with the circus gimmick. Following that I added a photo of Solomon Northup in his enslaved years, which was a very sad photo, which would be a light representation of his enslaved life. Then my final photo was his book “12 years of slave”. I think it was important to show this wide spread set of events to really give a feel of what his life was like and the tiresome journey he had from a free man to getting his life turned upside down.