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Twelve years a slave [electronic resource] / Solomon Northup.

Summary:

12 Years a Slave is the harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his freedom...

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781624063459 (electronic audio bk.)
  • ISBN: 1624063454 (electronic audio bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (8 hr., 50 min., 10 sec.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Chicago : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2013.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Richard Allen.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on hard copy version record.
Subject: Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Slaves > United States > Biography.
Slaves' writings, American.
African Americans > Biography.
Plantation life > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Genre: Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.


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