Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup
- ISBN-10
- 1544771673
- ISBN-13
- 9781544771670
- Series
- Twelve Years a Slave
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1853-01-01
- Author
- Solomon Northup
Description
"Blow after blow was inflicted on my naked body. When his unrelenting arm grew tired, he stopped and asked if I still insisted I was a free man. I did insist upon it, and then the blows were renewed, faster and more energetically, if possible, than before."Solomon Northupenduring horribly violent conditions. Northup was freed in 1853 with help from colleagues and friends. His experiences are the subject of the book and film 12 Years a Slave.This is no fiction, no exaggeration. If I have failed in anything, it has been in presenting to the reader too prominently the bright side of the picture. I doubt not hundreds have been as unfortunate as myself; that hundreds of free citizens have been kidnapped and sold into slavery, and are at this moment wearing out their lives on plantations... -Solomon Northup, 1853, Twelve Years a Slave
