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Solomon Northup - Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics) - 9780007580422 - KTK0100667
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Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics)

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Description for Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics) Paperback. The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 122 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear

The shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.

‘Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.’

1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken ... Read more

First published in 1853, this extraordinary true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. It is a true-life testament of one man’s courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice and brutality: its influence on the course of American history cannot be overstated.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Collins Classics
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007580422
SKU
KTK0100667
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-5

About Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup was born a free man in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1808. He lived as such until 1841 when, attracted by a job offer, he travelled to Washington, DC, where he was drugged and sold into slavery by his supposed employers. Northup was enslaved for twelve years before he regained his freedom and returned to New York. There, ... Read more

Reviews for Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics)
‘The most remarkable book ever issued from the American press.’ Detroit Tribune ‘For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup's tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.’ Ira Berlin

Goodreads reviews for Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics)


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