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Non-Fiction, History , General History

Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic

Solomon Northup (author), Tom Butler-Bowdon (series editor), David Fiske (author of introduction)

Hardback Published on: 29/07/2021

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Synopsis

DISCOVER A TALE OF UNIMAGINABLE ADVERSITY

Twelve Years a Slave tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born man of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South in 1841. His true tale of captivity, torture and abuse brings to life the unimaginable evils of slavery in a time when it was yet to be outlawed. Equal parts slave, travel, and spiritual narrative, Twelve Years A Slave reveals Northup to be a person of astonishing strength and wisdom.

An insightful introduction by David Fiske reveals the world into which Northup was born, the kidnapping phenomenon to which he fell victim, and the legacy of slavery today.

Publisher information

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9780857089069
Number of pages: 512
Dimensions: 201 x 137 x 48 mm
Weight: 612g
Languages: English

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Read it and you will understand.

Having seen the film version of this I thought I was prepared to read Solomon's story but I really was not. Reading his story in his own words, hearing hi... READ MORE

Ecowitch

“My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell!”

This book is told from the view point of a man who was a slave, not some historian’s interpretation of the events or a novelist’s aggrandisement. It is a f... READ MORE

Bookdragon Sean