Twelve Years a Slave
"As an educated man, torn from freedom and plunged into slavery, he brings into exact clarity the life and labor of slaves in the antebellum American South, the complex economic choices and ironic moral concessions of slaveholding, and the calamitous effect of slavery on the foundations of...
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"As an educated man, torn from freedom and plunged into slavery, he brings into exact clarity the life and labor of slaves in the antebellum American South, the complex economic choices and ironic moral concessions of slaveholding, and the calamitous effect of slavery on the foundations of civilization. Throughout his horrific imprisonment, Solomon Northup resists the urge
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781435152182 (1435152182)
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
"Zniewolony" to oparta na prawdziwych wydarzeniach historia Salomona Northup'a, czarnoskórego mężczyzny podstępem zmuszonego do niewolnictwa. W okresie dwunastu lat, kiedy to był niewolnikiem, kilkakrotnie zmieniał swoich panów, którzy z kolei w mniejszym lub większym stopniu traktowali go nieludzko...
There are so many good things to say about Twelve Years a Slave (book version) I'm going to have to just give a brief summary. For a memoir, it reads as well as a novel, at least a 19th century one (and better than many 19th century ones). Once I started reading it I had a hard time putting it down....
Certainly an incredible story and (horrifyingly) true. A worthwhile, short read and, I'm sure, a wonderful film.
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