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Twelve Years a Slave Full Book Summary. Solomon Northup is a thirty-three-year-old Black man living in Saratoga, New York, in 1841. He is happily married and has three children who he adores. He works as a carpenter and is also a skilled violinist who often plays for his friends.
Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details his being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South.
Jan 1, 2014 · Twelve Years a Slave (the Original Book from Which the 2013 Movie '12 Years a Slave' Is Based) (Illustrated): Northup, Solomon, Wilson MS RN C (Nic), David, Orr, N: 9781927970157: Amazon.com: Books. Books. ›. Politics & Social Sciences. ›. Social Sciences. Kindle. $2.99. Available instantly. $44.99. $9.99. Other Used and New from $2.21. Buy new:
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Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery.
Oct 22, 2013 · 12 Years a Slave is a riveting true account of a free man captured and sold into slavery in the pre–Civil War South. Solomon Northup’s narrative explores one of the darkest times in American history and captures in vivid detail the unimaginable realities of slavery.
May 11, 2014 · Overseers—How they are Armed and Accompanied—The Homicide—His Execution at Marksville—Slave Drivers—Appointed Driver on removing to Bayou Bœuf—Practice makes perfect—Epps's Attempt to Cut Platt's Throat—The Escape from him—Protected by the Mistress—Forbids Reading and Writing—Obtain a Sheet of Paper after Nine Years ...
Twelve Years a Slave. Solomon Northup. LSU Press, Apr 1, 1968 - Social Science - 312 pages. Solomon Northup was a free man, the son of an emancipated Negro Slave. Until the spring of 1841...
