Solomon Northup: 46 books

Here is the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York. He was kidnapped by unscrupulous slave hunters and sold into slavery where he, endured unimaginable degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years later. A powerful and riveting condemnation of American slavery.

Dies ist die detailgetreue Übersetzung und Gesamtausgabe des Bestsellers "12 Years A Slave", verfilmt 2013, bereits heute ausgezeichnet mit dem Golden Globe als Bester Film und einer der ersten Anwärter auf den Oscar. "Zwölf Jahre Ein Sklave" ist die Geschichte des Solomon Northup,...

Dies ist Band 2 der Trilogie "Zwölf Jahre Ein Sklave", die detailgetreue Übersetzung des Bestsellers "12 Years A Slave", verfilmt 2013, bereits heute ausgezeichnet mit dem Golden Globe als Bester Film und einer der ersten Anwärter auf den Oscar. Neben dem Buch enthält diese...

Dies ist Band 3 der Trilogie "Zwölf Jahre Ein Sklave", die detailgetreue Übersetzung des Bestsellers "12 Years A Slave", verfilmt 2013, bereits heute ausgezeichnet mit dem Golden Globe als Bester Film und einer der ersten Anwärter auf den Oscar. Neben dem Buch enthält diese...

Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent men whose rose up from slavery to greatness. Essential reading for anyone interested in African American Heritage. Included are Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington, Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup...

‘12 jaar slaaf’ is het aangrijpende relaas van Solomon Northup over zijn gevangenschap in een van de donkerste periodes uit de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Northup, in 1808 als vrij man geboren in New York, wordt in 1841 ontvoerd en in het Zuiden verkocht als slaaf. Twaalf jaar lang werkt hij op...

Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker....

Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of...

LA SCONVOLGENTE STORIA VERA CHE HA ISPIRATO IL FILM DI STEVE MCQUEEN VINCITORE DI 3 PREMI OSCAR E UN GOLDEN GLOBE NEL 2014. 12 anni schiavo è lo sconvolgente racconto – scritto in prima persona dall’autore e pubblicato nel 1853 – della vita di Solomon Northup, un uomo di colore nato libero,...

Many of the statements contained in the following pages are corroborated by abundant evidence—others rest entirely upon Solomon's assertion. That he has adhered strictly to the truth, the editor, at least, who has had an opportunity of detecting any contradiction or discrepancy in his statements,...

When the editor commenced the preparation of the following narrative, he did not suppose it would reach the size of this volume. In order, however, to present all the facts which have been communicated to him, it has seemed necessary to extend it to its present length. Many of the statements...

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...

Solomon Northup è un afroamericano, libero cittadino degli Stati Uniti. Nel 1841 arriva a Washington in cerca di lavoro; qui viene ingannato con una finta proposta e trascinato con la forza negli Stati del Sud per essere venduto come schiavo. Northup trascorre così dodici anni di fatiche e umiliazioni...

Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next 12 harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. After regaining his freedom in 1853, Northup decided to publish this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity.