Twelve Years A Slave Solomon Northup Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Born A Free Man In New York State 1808 Solomon Northup Was Kidnapped Washington D C 1841 He Spent The Next Twelve Years As Slave On Louisiana Cotton Plantation During This Time Frequently Abused And Often Afraid For His Life After Regaining Freedom 1853 Published Gripping Account Of Captivity An Educated Able To Present Exceptionally Detailed Description Society Indeed Book Is Probably Fullest Most Realistic Picture \ Peculiar Institution\ Three Decades Before Civil War Tells Story Both From Viewpoint Outsider Who Had Experienced Thirty Dignity United States Capture Reduced Total Bondage Submission Very Few Personal Accounts American Slavery Were Written By Slaves With Similar History Extraordinary Narrative Penguin Classics Has Introduction Prize-Winning Historian Author Ira Berlin Essay Henry Louis Gates Jr Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm