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12 Years a Slave (Movie Tie-In) (Penguin Classics) – Illustrated, September 4, 2013 by Solomon Northup (Author), Henry Louis Gates (Editor, Afterword), Ira Berlin (Introduction), Steve McQueen (Foreword). 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.

About the Author
Solomon Northup (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped and forced into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.

Ira Berlin is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include The Making of African America and Many Thousands Gone, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Media tie-in edition (September 4, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143125419
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143125419
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1200L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.9 x 5 x 7.7 inches
  • description_tag: "12 Years a Slave" is a powerful memoir by Solomon Northup, detailing his 12 years in captivity. This illustrated edition sheds light on a crucial chapter in history.
  • title_tag: 12 YEARS A SLAVE MOVIE TIE-IN BOOK | ACADEMY MUSEUM STORE

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