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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.
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.
Aug 12, 2014 · Kobo. Barnes & Noble. Apple. Books A Million. Amazon. Google Play Store. About 12 Years a Slave. One of the best and most enduring of the slave narratives, it is a frank, incisive depiction of slavery in the American south.
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.
Jan 15, 2014 · Twelve Years a Slave – Enhanced Edition by Dr. Sue Eakin Based on a Lifetime Project. New Info, Images, Maps Kindle Edition. by Solomon Northup (Author), Dr. Sue Eakin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 946. See all formats and editions. NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PICTURE. GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER.
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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...
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE, published in 1853, was an immediate bombshell in the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War. It validated Harriett Beecher Stowe's fictional account...
