Twelve years a slave
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Average rating4
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.
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Solomon is one of probably many free men who were sold into slavery. Remembering that this is a true story makes it hard to swallow. It is heavy material that cannot be “binged”. I can applaud Solomon for writing his story. In that aspect, I give him 5 stars. I did wish there was more about his life after those 12 years.
