12 Years a Slave: A True Story
Author: Solomon Northup
Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for?What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman’s chain was round me, and could not be shaken off1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York S….Read More
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