How do you use Northup in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Northup in a sentence
Northup meaning
A surname.
Using Northup
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, northup often appears in combinations such as: solomon northup, northup was, henry northup.
Context around Northup
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Northup
- In this selection, "northup" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, solomon, nancy, jay, describes, held and 1853 stand out and add context to how "northup" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1853 solomon northup and 400 and northup was the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "northup" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with northup
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After contacting authorities, St. John met with Northup. (8 words)
Not only were escaped slaves captured and brought back, free Blacks like Northup were, too. (15 words)
At one point, Tibaut whipped Northup because he did not like the nails Northup was using. (16 words)
He writes of the memoir: Twelve Years is convincingly Northup's tale and no one else's because of its amazing attention to empirical detail and unwillingness to reduce the complexity of Northup's experience to a stark moral allegory. (40 words)
As Solomon Northup and Henry Northup made their way back to New York, they first stopped in Washington DC to file a legal complaint with the police magistrate against James H. Birch, the man who had first enslaved him. (39 words)
In his later memoir, Northup describes his love for his wife as "sincere and unabated", since the time of their marriage, and his children as "beloved". citation Work Northup held various jobs, including working as a raftsman. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Brad was born on Sept. 10 1956 in Skowhegan, the son of Jay Northup and Virginia (Cates) Northup.
As Solomon Northup and Henry Northup made their way back to New York, they first stopped in Washington DC to file a legal complaint with the police magistrate against James H. Birch, the man who had first enslaved him.
At one point, Tibaut whipped Northup because he did not like the nails Northup was using.
At the time, Northup did not file a legal complaint against the men with the circus, Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell, because they could not be found, having used false names with Northup.
He writes of the memoir: Twelve Years is convincingly Northup's tale and no one else's because of its amazing attention to empirical detail and unwillingness to reduce the complexity of Northup's experience to a stark moral allegory.
In his later memoir, Northup describes his love for his wife as "sincere and unabated", since the time of their marriage, and his children as "beloved". citation Work Northup held various jobs, including working as a raftsman.
Northup's biographer, David Fiske, has investigated Northup's role in the book's writing and asserts authenticity of authorship.
Parker or Perry forwarded the letter to Northup's wife, Anne, who contacted attorney Henry B. Northup, the son of Solomon's father's former master.
Shillings are described as the standard monetary unit throughout the autobiography of Solomon Northup (1853) Solomon Northup.
The prosecution consisted of Henry B. Northup and another white man asserting that they had known Northup for many years, and he was born and lived a free man in New York until his abduction.
They had to find documentation of his free status as a citizen and New York resident; Henry B. Northup also collected sworn affidavits from people who knew Solomon Northup.
Tibaut owed Ford $400 and Northup was the security for the loan. citation Under Tibaut, Northup suffered cruel and capricious treatment.
Cox left the state Monday, Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which was representing Cox, said.
Lead plaintiff Amy Hagstrom Miller (L), CEO of Whole Woman's Health, and Nancy Northup, CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, are seen outside the Supreme Court after arguments in 2016 case.
Not only were escaped slaves captured and brought back, free Blacks like Northup were, too.
The centre’s president and CEO Nancy Northup says it will keep fighting the gag rule.
The film tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free man subject to unimaginable horrors after being separated from his family and sold into slavery.
This Oscar-winning adaptation of the story of Solomon Northup features an array of sadistic, vile individuals, with Dano’s John Tibeats vying for the top spot.
Washington FFA members who participated were Alexander Guzman, Natally Guzman, Leah Evans, Ellie Todd, Austin Stalder, and Taylor Northup.
After contacting authorities, St. John met with Northup.
Common combinations with northup
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: