Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave
1841-1853 re-written version for young readers
1998
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4.16
Average Rating
224
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The best firsthand account of the slavery experience, this autobiographical story, originally published in 1853, has been rewritten to make it accessible to younger readers. Northup, a family man and hack driver in upstate New York, was kidnapped, whisked away from his home, and sold into slavery.
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