The Resource Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; foreword by Steve McQueen
Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; foreword by Steve McQueen
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- Summary
- 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.--Page [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxxviii, 240 p.
- Note
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- Originally published in 1853
- "Now a major motion picture"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780143125419
- Label
- Twelve years a slave
- Title
- Twelve years a slave
- Statement of responsibility
- Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; foreword by Steve McQueen
- Title variation
- 12 years a slave
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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.--Page [4] of cover
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1808-1863?
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Northup, Solomon
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E444
- LC item number
- .N87 2013b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gates, Henry Louis
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Northup, Solomon
- Slaves
- Slaves' writings, American
- African Americans
- Plantation life
- Slavery
- Label
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; foreword by Steve McQueen
- Note
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- Originally published in 1853
- "Now a major motion picture"--Cover
- Bar code
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- 31223100675173
- 31223136218972
- 31223100675272
- 31223100675264
- 31223101379551
- 31223100675256
- 31223100675231
- 31223101379668
- 31223101377290
- 31223101379676
- 31223101379585
- 31223101377308
- 31223101378108
- 31223101379544
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xxxviii, 240 p.
- Isbn
- 9780143125419
- Lccn
- 2012012550
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- 869772675
- (OCoLC)852833894
- Label
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; foreword by Steve McQueen
- Note
-
- Originally published in 1853
- "Now a major motion picture"--Cover
- Bar code
-
- 31223100675173
- 31223136218972
- 31223100675272
- 31223100675264
- 31223101379551
- 31223100675256
- 31223100675231
- 31223101379668
- 31223101377290
- 31223101379676
- 31223101379585
- 31223101377308
- 31223101378108
- 31223101379544
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xxxviii, 240 p.
- Isbn
- 9780143125419
- Lccn
- 2012012550
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- 869772675
- (OCoLC)852833894
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