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New York

A Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation

"First published in the United States of America by Derby and Miller, 1853"--T.p. verso.

12 Years a Slave

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Steve McQueen (Foreword by); Solomon Northup; Henry Louis Gates (Editor, Afterword by); Ira Berlin (Introduction by)

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

The basis for the Academy Award®-winning movie! Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. 7 illustrations. Index.

The official movie tie-in edition to the winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong’o, and directed by Steve McQueen New York Times bestseller “I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s Diary, only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, from the Foreword 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. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, Northup published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave.

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By: Solomon Northup

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12 Years a Slave (Movie Tie-In)

By: Steve McQueen (Foreword by); Solomon Northup; Henry Louis Gates (Editor, Afterword by); Ira Berlin (Introduction by)

Format - Paperback

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Publication Date - Feb 2014

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ISBN: 9781631680021

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