Name: Twelve Years a Slave By Solomon Northup
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Twelve Years a Slave Summary

Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic by Solomon Northup

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.

About Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist and the author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of colour. In 1841, two con men offered him lucrative work playing fiddle in a circus, so he travelled with them to Washington, D.C. He was drugged, kidnapped, and subsequently sold as a slave into the Red River region of Louisiana.

David Fiske is a freelance writer and independent researcher, and the co-author of Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave. He was previously senior librarian at the New York State Library.

Tom Butler-Bowdon is Series Editor of the Capstone Classics series, and has provided Introductions for Platos Republic, Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations, Machiavellis The Prince, Florence Scovel Shinns The Game of Life and How to Play It, and Kahlil Gibrans The Prophet. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he is also the author of 50 Economics Classics (2017) and 50 Politics Classics (2015).

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GOR011938057

ISBN 13

9780857089069

ISBN 10

0857089064

Title

Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic by Solomon Northup

Author

Solomon Northup

Series

Capstone Classics

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Year published

2021-07-29

Number of pages

512

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Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

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Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic by Solomon Northup

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