Twelve Years A Slave

Autori

• Solomon Northup

Parametri

• 218 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri
• Classici
• Famiglia
• Saggistica
• Storia

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

Focusing on the harrowing experiences of Solomon Northrup, this memoir provides a firsthand account of the violence and cruelty faced by the African American community under enslavement. Published in the same year as Northrup's liberation, it serves as a powerful testament to the institutional racism prevalent in the United States prior to the Civil War. The book became an essential historical resource in the debates surrounding slavery, highlighting the urgent need for social justice and reform during a tumultuous era.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2022

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