Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup

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About this book

A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor. 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. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation.

Book Details

ISBN13	9781631680021
ISBN10	1631680021
Series/Work	OL78871W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Graymalkin Media
Pages	248
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

Abuse of African Americans African americans, biography African Americans -- Biography African Americans Biography African americans, biography, juvenile literature Biography Chuan ji xiao shuo Enslaved persons, united states Enslaved persons' writings History Kidnapping victims Large type books Louisiana, history New York Times bestseller Northup, Solomon, 1808- Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? nyt:race-and-civil-rights=2014-12-07 Personal narratives Plantation life

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