Twelve Years A Slave
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4.4 • 238 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 continues to resonate: “What difference is there in the color of the soul?”
Customer Reviews
Amazing but 2 narrators?!
5 star story but rated 4 for the fact that there was clearly 2 different people narrating this, constantly switching between each other, really, really irritating
Very moving
Fantastic narration of a very poignant book. Highly recommended.
Expertly penned, and brilliantly narrated.
If the film was hard to watch, this is even harder to listen to - but it is absolutely necessary to do so if we are to prevent history from repeating itself.
This first hand account of slavery in America gives testimony to the painful past of an entire ethnicity. From the heartbreaking moments of despair to the candid moments of forced affliction to the never ending hope, this speaks to the experiences of many but few, and all of humanity needs to hear or read it.