Twelve Years a Slave

Autori

• Solomon Northup

Parametri

• 348 pagine
• 13 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri
• Classici
• Narrativa
• Saggistica
• Storia

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The harrowing journey of Solomon Northup unfolds as he is kidnapped and sold into slavery after accepting a job offer in 1841. Enduring brutal conditions on a Louisiana plantation owned by Edwin Epps, he forms a crucial friendship with Canadian carpenter Samuel Bass. Bass's secret efforts lead to communication with Northup's family, prompting intervention from New York's governor. Utilizing a law designed to recover free black men, Northup's freedom is restored on January 4, 1853, highlighting the resilience and struggle against the injustices of slavery.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2013

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