Sentences with phrase «circus promoters who»

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.