Portraits of Solomon Northup's Descendants
Cheryl Nelson
67, day care, foster care and adoptive care provider, 2nd great-granddaughter
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Melissa Howell
42, arts manager, 3rd great-granddaughter
Cynthia Jackson
63, pharmacy technician, 3rd great-granddaughter
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Dana Walker
45, home health caregiver, 4th great-granddaughter
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Eileen Jackson
58, RN case manager, 3rd great-granddaughter
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Evelyn Jackson
64, retired RN, 3rd great-granddaughter
Jamad D. Varner
36, food and beverage vendor, 4th great-grandson
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Joseph Michael Linzy
46, retired, 3rd great-grandson
Johnal Dumas
17, student, 5th great-grandson
Michael Dumas
19, student, 5th great-grandson
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Michelle Linzy
43, therapist and teacher, 3rd great-granddaughter
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Milan Linzy
15, student, 4th great-granddaughter
Ronald W. Jackson
61, welder, 3rd great-grandson
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Stormi Dumas
21, child-care provider, 5th great-granddaughter
Azalea Gilliam
4, 5th great-granddaughter, daughter of Justin Gilliam.
STORY: Solomon Northup's Descendants Gather for THR Photo Shoot, Reflect on His Legacy
Darien Carter
23, 5th great-grandson. The recent college grad has received many queries about Northup’s story and is thankful “people are interested in [my] family’s history.”
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Jasmine Carter
21, 5th great-granddaughter, banquet chef in Suffolk, Va., daughter of Laura Carter.
Justin Gilliam
28, 4th great-grandson. “What I go through is nothing in comparison to what he had to endure,” said the IT consultant. “We’re able to use his story for our own perseverance.”
Laura Carter
46, 4th great-granddaughter. “I’m proud I came from that bloodline,” says the real estate agent who read Twelve Years a Slave when she was in the military. “I’m glad his story was told.”
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Leonard Holton Jr.
28, 4th-great grandson. A restaurant manager and sommelier, he works a couple of blocks from where Northup was kidnapped: “I feel that connection to Solomon every day.”
STORY: Solomon Northup's Descendants Gather for THR Photo Shoot, Reflect on His Legacy
Vera Williams
"50-plus," she says on her age, 3rd great-granddaughter. The IT specialist recently retraced the D.C. route of Northup’s kidnapping with cousin Clayton Adams.
Adrian Cooper
66, retired, 3rd great-grandson
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Carol Adams-Sally
72, retired, 2nd great-granddaughter
Chris Bicksler
21, student, 4th great-grandson
Deirdre Linzy
Declined to give age, administrative assistant, 3rd great-granddaughter
Diana Russ
32, electronics operator and backup singer, 4th great-granddaughter
Dijonna Parker
21, student, 5th great-granddaughter
Elaine Cooper Johnson
64, retired, 3rd great-granddaughter
Joshua Farr
24, forklift driver, 4th great-grandson
Keari Anthony Parker
1, 6th great-grandson
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Kyle Farr
27, 4th great-grandson
Laura Linzy
79, retired, 2nd great-granddaughter
Lauren Williams
26, writer, 4th great-granddaughter
Lori Williams
49, teaching assistant, 3rd great-granddaughter
Lynette Perez
35, insurance customer service rep, 4th great-granddaughter
Maria Zahos
31, sales trainer, 3rd great-granddaughter
Maureen Veto
43, cosmetologist, 4th great-granddaughter
Melissa Linzy Archie
48, registered nurse, 3rd great-granddaughter
Najiya Fayth Parker
2, 6th great-granddaughter
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Napathalyah Parker
10 months, 5th great-grandson
Alexandria Ware
21, supermarket supervisor, 4th great-granddaughter
Nubian Wade Linzy
14, student, 4th great-granddaughter
Rebecca Bicksler
43, postal service worker, 3rd great-granddaughter
Richard Linzy
53, vice principal, 3rd great-grandson
Allan Scotty Cooper
63, retired, 3rd great-grandson
Tariq Joseph
8, 5th great-grandson
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