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Twelve Years a Slave
Contributor(s): Northup, Solomon (Author)

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 ISBN: 1612030483     ISBN-13: 9781612030487
Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
OUR PRICE: $14.24  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Social Science | Slavery
Dewey: B
Lexile Measure: 1200 NC (Nonconforming Text)
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" L (0.58 lbs) 146 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Twelve Years a Slave is the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man and resident of New York, who was kidnapped in 1841and sold into slavery. He was rescued in 1853 after spending 12 years as a slave. Northup tells the story of how two men approached him under the guise of circus promoters who were interested in his violin skills. They offered him a generous but fair amount of money to work for their circus, and then offered to put him up in a hotel in Washington D.C. Upon arriving he was drugged, bound, and moved to a slave pen in the city. He is sold as a slave and spent 12 years working on farms in the South. It is not until a white carpenter from Canada, Samuel Bass, arrives at the farm on which Northup works that he reveals his past of a free man. Bass would deliver letters to Northup's wife that would start the legal process of earning Northup his freedom. This classic of American history sheds light on slavery and the life of slaves in the mid 19th century.
 
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