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(0)Solomon Northup
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Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
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A obra que originou o filme 12 Anos de Escravidão retrata a história de Solomon Northup, um homem negro nascido livre nos Estados Unidos, que após ter recebido uma falsa proposta de trabalho, foi sequestrado, drogado e comercializado como escravo, e passou doze anos em cativeiro, trabalhando, na maior parte do tempo, em uma plantação de algodão na Louisiana. Após seu resgate, Northup, com uma escrita simples e ágil, retrata os registros excepcionalmente...
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Solomon Northup (born c.1807) was an American abolitionist and author. Born free to a freed slave and a free African American woman, he was a professional violinist, farmer and landowner until he was offered a job as a musician in Washington D.C., where he was drugged and kidnapped by slavers. He was sold to a painter in New Orleans and remained in bondage for 12 years until a Canadian plantation worker alerted the authorities in New York. He was...
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Four of the most important and enduring American slave narratives together in one volume. Until slavery was abolished in 1865, millions of men, women, and children toiled under a system that stripped them of their freedom and their humanity. Much has been written about this shameful era of American history, but few books speak with as much power as the narratives written by those who experienced slavery firsthand. The basis for the film of the same...