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Twelve years a slave - Solomon Northup

A harrowing first person account of a free African-American being kidnapped into slavery in Louisiana for 12 years. First published in 1853, in 2014 the book was turned into a major motion picture directed by Steve McQueen. Trigger warning for physical and sexual violence.

Submitted by Steven. on January 27, 2014
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Reddebrek

8 years 2 months ago

In reply to Welcome by libcom.org

Here's an audio version from librivox
https://librivox.org/twelve-years-a-slave-by-solomon-northup/

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