The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for
freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. `Why had I not
died in my young years - before God had given me children to love and
live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have
prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me,
and could not be shaken off.' 1841: Solomon Northup is a
successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Taken from his family in New York State - with no hope of ever seeing
them again - and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep
South, he spends the next twelve years in captivity until his eventual
escape in 1853. First published in 1853, this extraordinary
true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in
the years leading up to the Civil War. It is a true-life testament of
one man's courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice
and brutality: its influence on the course of American history cannot be
overstated.
Twelve Years a Slave : A True Story - Solomon Northup
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