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Book Review of Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave
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The true story of a free black man, kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and his subsequent years of bondage, as reported by the slave himself. This book recreates the daily expectations which were routine for a slave in Louisanna, along with explaining their work in the cotton and sugar cane fields. You follow Solomon Northup through his years of bondage, his trial and his liberation.