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Twelve Years A Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City, In 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Cotton Plantation Near the Red
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date March 25, 2014
Pages 336
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781497443129
ISBN-10 1497443121
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight 1.10 lbs.
Original list price $12.75
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Slavery has existed in one form or another throughout recorded history. And while many races and nationalities have been victims of this abhorrent practice around the world, this “peculiar institution,” as it was called in the United States, is particularly tragic inasmuch as our country was founded on the principle of equality for all. Since the Reconstruction, we’ve struggled with the embarrassing legacy of our forefathers. But as our lands fill with immigrants and generations far separated from the era who bear no responsibility for the crimes of the past century it’s important to face the inhuman slave experience which, because it makes some uncomfortable, has sadly been bowdlerized. Slave narratives were popular in the 19th century precisely to share these deplorable stories and preserve them for all time. There was, for example, Austin Steward’s “22 Years a Slave,” Louis Hughes’ “30 Years a Slave,” H.C. Bruce’s “29 Years a Slave,” and, of course, Solomon Northup’s “12 Years a Slave” in which the author, a free man, recounts his kidnapping, sale, and the subsequent enslavement he endured for twelve years before returning home. Handier than the free PDFs on the web, this you can hold, bookmark, highlight and shelve. An inexpensive imperative for any history buff or advocate of civil rights and social justice.

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Book cover for 9781492980476 Book cover for 9781497443129 Book cover for 9781500939762
 
from Createspace Independent Pub (August 25, 2014)
9781500939762 | details & prices | 181 pages | 8.25 × 10.75 × 0.50 in. | 1.08 lbs | List price $14.99
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With David Wilson, Christopher D\'james | from Createspace Independent Pub (March 25, 2014); titled "Twelve Years A Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City, In 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Cotton Plantation Near the Red"
9781497443129 | details & prices | 336 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $12.75
About: Slavery has existed in one form or another throughout recorded history.
from Createspace Independent Pub (October 18, 2013)
9781492980476 | details & prices | 346 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.78 in. | List price $13.50
About: Published in 1855, these are the memoirs of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was captured in Washington City in 1841 and taken south and sold into slavery and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853.
from Createspace Independent Pub (September 22, 2010)
9781453847657 | details & prices | 247 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $12.95

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