Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup is a free man, living in New York. Then he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Drugged, beaten, given a new name and transported away from his wife and children to a Louisiana cotton plantation, Solomon will die if he reveals his true identity.

I could not believe that I had never heard of this bookIt felt as important as Anne Frank's diary, only published nearly a hundred years before -- Steve McQueen A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's "many thousands gone" who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation Saturday Review

Solomon Northup was a free man kidnapped into slavery in Washington, D.C. in 1841. Shortly after his escape, he published his memoirs to great acclaim and brought legal action against his abductors, though they were never prosecuted. The details of his life thereafter are unknown, but he is believed to have died in Glen Falls, New York, around 1863.

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ISBN 13	9780141393827
ISBN 10	0141393823
Titre	Twelve Years a Slave
Auteur	Solomon Northup
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Penguin Books Ltd
Année de publication	2013-12-05
Nombre de pages	256
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