Twelve Years a Slave (AmazonClassics Edition)

Name: Twelve Years a Slave (AmazonClassics Edition)
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.5 (37095 reviews)
Author: Solomon Northup

by Solomon Northup

Memoir History

4.5 (37,095)

4.5 stars from 37,095 reviews. One of the highest rated Memoir books we track.

184 pages~3.1 hr readPublished by AmazonClassics

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Last checked: Mar 7, 2024

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Perfect for you if...

You want to understand slavery through the eyes of someone who lived it, not through a textbook's distance.
You're interested in American history but need primary sources that cut through sanitised narratives.
You respect first-hand accounts and memoir as legitimate history.

Maybe not for you if...

You're looking for an uplifting or hopeful read. This is brutal and unflinching.
You prefer fiction over testimony. This is a direct, unflinching account rather than a crafted narrative.
You're seeking to avoid detailed descriptions of slavery's violence and degradation.

About this book

Solomon Northup was born free but was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Bayou Boeuf region of Louisiana's Red River Valley. Twelve Years a Slave documents his captivity under plantation owner Edwin Epps, whose brutal treatment tested Northup's endurance and self-control. Northup remained enslaved until a Canadian abolitionist arrived at Epps's farm and changed his fate. Northup's memoir is recognized as the most reliable and accurate eyewitness account of the daily lives of slaves and serves as an unsurpassed historical reference. As an authentic narrative of a man deprived of freedom, it remains unforgettable. This AmazonClassics Edition includes editorial revisions.

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Currently 4.5★ from 37,095 reviews

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