Kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, freeman Solomon Northup spent twelve years in bondage before being freed.
This edition includes the full book as well as a comprehensive companion with historical notes, character overview, themes overview, and chapter summaries.
The original story for the 2013 Academy Award–winning film Twelve Years a Slave is the autobiographical account of Solomon Northup—an African American man born free in New York State who is tricked, kidnapped, taken to Washington, DC, ...
This illustrated edition of "Twelve Years a Slave" includes:Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.
This Edition of Twelve Years A Slave is the Original 1853 Edition and Is Annotated.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Twelve Years a Slave is both modern and readable.
This story of perseverance presents to children a personal side of the often-detached history of slavery.
Twelve Years a Slave and Other Slave Narratives
Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history.
The book, originally published in 1853, tells the story of how two men approached him under the guise of circus promoters who were interested in his violin skills.