Sentences with phrase «circus promoters in»

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.

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The real P.T. Barnum was 60 when he got into the circus business, following careers as a freak show entrepreneur, a museum owner, and a concert promoter for the legendary Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in her first American tour.

Northup tells the story of how two men approached him under the guise of circus promoters who were interested in his violin skills.

But they attempt to come together and reinvigorate the show; in the hopes of enticing an American promoter to bring the circus over to New York City.

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.

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.