12 Years a Slave: A True Story of Betrayal, Kidnap and Slavery - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Solomon NorthupSeries:Hesperus ClassicsPublish date:2013-11-01Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hesperus PressISBN-13:9781843914716ISBN-10:1843914719UPC:9781843914716Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United States, SlaveryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:7.60 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC8P78N0F6
12 Years a Slave: A True Story of Betrayal, Kidnap and Slavery
The astonishing memoir of a free man who was sold into slavery in Louisiana where he was kept for 12 years--a powerful, riveting condemnation of slavery, and a story soon to be introduced to a new audience through a major filmTricked by two men offering him a job as a musician in New York state in 1841, Solomon Northup was instead drugged and kidnapped. Threatened with death, Northup was forced...
Series: Hesperus Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hesperus PressISBN-13:9781843914716ISBN-10:1843914719UPC:9781843914716Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United States, SlaveryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:7.60 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC8P78N0F6
Solomon Northup (1808 - c. 1864-1875) was an African American carpenter who was born free in Minerva, Essex County, New York, but was bound into slavery later in life for a period of 12 years. He regained his freedom in January of 1853.
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