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12 Years a Slave: A True Story of Betrayal, Kidnap and Slavery
by Northup, Solomon | PB | VeryGood
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A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781843914716
- Book Title
- 12 Years a Slave : a Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation
- Book Series
- Hesperus Classics Ser.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 19th Century, Historical, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hesperus Press
ISBN-10
1843914719
ISBN-13
9781843914716
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160140468
Product Key Features
Book Title
12 Years a Slave : a Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 19th Century, Historical, United States / General
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Hesperus Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
64 vols.
Dewey Decimal
306.3/62092 B
Synopsis
The astonishing memoir of a free man who was sold into slavery in Louisiana where he was kept for 12 years--a powerful, riveting condemnation of slavery, and a story soon to be introduced to a new audience through a major film Tricked by two men offering him a job as a musician in New York state in 1841, Solomon Northup was instead drugged and kidnapped. Threatened with death, Northup was forced to assume a new name and fake past. Taken to Louisiana on a disease-ridden plague ship, he was initially sold to a cotton planter. In the 12 years that followed he was sold to many different owners who treated him with varying levels of savagery, including forced labor, scant food, and numerous beatings. Eventually Northup succeeded in contacting Samuel Bass, a white carpenter whom he knew to be sympathetic to the cause of black people. Bass contacted Northup's family and together they gained the necessary paperwork to travel to Louisiana to retrieve him. Northup pressed charges against his captors but in a triumph of irony the case was heard in Washington--meaning that as a black man he could not testify against the accused (in the end they were able to countersue him.) A true-life testament to tremendous courage and tenacity in the face of unfathomable injustice, Northup's account is also of extreme interest due to the meticulous recordings of slave life. Unique in its firsthand nature, the book became a runaway bestseller.
LC Classification Number
E444.N87 2013
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