Northups memoir reveals unimaginable details, detailing the slave markets and horrors of life on a plantation from the perspective of a man who lived more than thirty years as a free person before being forcibly enslaved. Twelve years a slave ebook by solomon northup rakuten kobo. 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. And john ridley, the films screenwriter, won the oscar for best adapted screenplay.
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