Twelve Years a Slave (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Now a major motion picture A moving vital testament to one of slavery s many thousand gone who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation Saturday Review Born a free man in New York State in 1808 Solomon Northup used to be kidnapped in Washington DC in 1841 He spent the next 12 harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation Right through this time he used to be ceaselessly abused and frequently afraid for his life After regaining his freedom in 1853 Northup determined to publish this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity As an educated man Northup used to be in a position to present an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society Indeed this book is among the fullest most realistic picture of the bizarre institution Right through the three decades before the Civil War Moreover Northup tells his story both from the viewpoint of an outsider who had experienced 30 years of freedom and dignity in america before his capture and as a slave reduced to total bondage and submission Very few personal accounts of American slavery were written by slaves with a similar history Published in 1853 Northup s book found a able audience and almost immediately became a bestseller Except its vivid depiction of the detention transportation and sale of slaves Twelve Years a Slave is admired for its classic accounts of cotton and sugar production its uncannily precise recall of people times and places and the compelling details that re create the daily routine of slaves in the Gulf South 7 illustrations Index Now a major motion picture A moving vital testament to one of slavery s many thousand gone who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation Saturday Review Born a free man in New York State in 1808 Solomon Northup used to be kidnapped in Washington DC in 1841 He spent the next 12 harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation Right through this time he used to be fre

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