Twelve Years a Slave
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
In 1841, Solomon Northup was a free, educated Black man living in Saratoga Springs, New York—until the day that two men kidnapped him and sold him into slavery in Louisiana. This is Northup’s account of those years, when he learned about “the measure of ‘man’s inhumanity to man.’” Northup endured unconscionable mental and physical abuse, but he never lost hope that his family would rescue him…if he could just find a way to contact them.
Twelve Years a Slave was published as abolitionists throughout the U.S. were campaigning to end slavery, and it has stood the test of time as a blistering indictment of slavery. In 2013, Northup’s story was adapted into an award-winning movie. Northup’s story remains important—and the question he addresses to us readers continues to resonate: “What difference is there in the color of the soul?”
Customer Reviews
Beautifully gripping
A must-read for anyone even remotely interested in American history, Northrup’s account of his time as a slave gives a gripping insight into the institution that shaped so much of American politics. But more than a political piece, it is a beautiful and well-written account of a man trying to work his way through hardships none of us could even imagine.