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12 Years a Slave: Memoir of a Free Man Kidnapped into Slavery in
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- 12 Years a Slave: Memoir of a Free Man Kidnapped into Slavery in
- ISBN
- 9781492933588
- EAN
- 9781492933588
- Book Title
- 12 Years a Slave : a Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / General, Historical
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 10.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 164 Pages
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Now a Major Motion Picture! Free eBook Version with Purchase! Purchase this new print version of "12 Years a Slave" and you'll also receive the special "Big Screen Edition" eBook absolutely FREE. Read the book that inspired this year's Academy Award favorite movie starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Michael K. Williams, Paul Dano, Benedict Cumberpatch, Paul Giamatti, and Brad Pitt. "12 Years a Slave" is the breathtaking memoir of a Solomon Northup - a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. In Upstate New York, black freeman Solomon Northup, a skilled carpenter and fiddler, is approached by two circus promoters who offer him a brief, high-paying job with their traveling circus. Without informing his wife, who is away at work in the next town, he travels with the strangers towards Washington DC in good spirits. One morning, he wakes to find himself drugged, bound, and in the cell of a slave pen. When Northup asserts his rights as a freeman, he is beaten and warned never again to mention his free life in New York. Transported by ship to New Orleans, Northup and other enslaved blacks contract smallpox and some die. In transit, Northup implores a sympathetic sailor to send a letter to his family. The letter arrives safely, but, lacking knowledge of his final destination, Northup's family is unable to effect his rescue. Northup's first owner is William Ford, a cotton planter on a bayou of the Red River, and he subsequently has several other owners during his twelve-year bondage. At times, his carpentry and other skills mean he is treated relatively well, but he also suffers extreme cruelty. On two occasions, he is attacked by a man who is to become his owner, John Tibeats, and finds himself unable to resist retaliating, for which he suffers great reprisals. Later he is sold to Edwin Epps, a notoriously cruel planter, who gives Northup the role of driver, requiring him to oversee the work of fellow slaves and punish them for undesirable behavior. Never, in almost 12 years, does he reveal his true history to a single slave or owner. Finally he confides his story in Samuel Bass, a white carpenter from Canada. Bass sends a letter to Northup's wife, who calls on Henry Northup, a white attorney whose family once held and then freed Solomon Northup's father. Henry Northup contacts New York state officials and the governor appoints him as an agent to travel to Louisiana and free Solomon Northup. He succeeds, and Solomon Northup leaves the plantation. After instigating a court case against the men who sold him into slavery, Northup is reunited with his family in New York. Originally published in 1853, "12 Years a Slave" quickly became a best-seller upon it's release. Northup's first-hand account of his twelve years of bondage proved another bombshell in the national political debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War, drawing endorsements from major Northern newspapers, anti-slavery organizations, and evangelical groups.
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1492933589
ISBN-13
9781492933588
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Book Title
12 Years a Slave : a Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / General, Historical
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
164 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
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Washington, Malcolm
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Dewey Decimal
306.3/62092 B
Dewey Edition
23
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