Sentences with phrase «by circus promoter»

The city was governed at one point by circus promoter P.T. Barnum, and is also home to the first Subway restaurant.

Today, BookPage contributing writer Alice Cary shares details of her talk with Beth Macy, author of Truevine, a compelling account of two African - American brothers who were kidnapped by a circus promoter and displayed as sideshow freaks for decades.

Many believe they were kidnapped by circus promoter, but there's also a possibility that a family member may have arranged for them to work in a carnival.

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12 Years A Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man in the North, and a skilled carpenter and fiddler, who was lured to Washington, D.C. by a pair of circus promoters in 1841, then kidnapped and sold into slavery in New Orleans.

Based on a true story, the plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked into slavery by a pair of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender).

The plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked into slavery by a pair of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender).

Well - educated and a talented violinist, Solomon is invited to Washington, D.C. by a pair of circus promoters who offer him a lucrative job playing at one of their shows.

But AiB had their reasons — BOS had ballooned into something of circus, an event that they believe had been co-opted and used by corporate interests and party promoters looking to cash - in on the thousands of people who swarmed the neighborhood each June.