{"product_id":"twelve-years-a-slave-solomon-northup-9791043139611","title":"Twelve Years a Slave","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e1841\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSolomon Northup\u003c\/strong\u003e was a free black man, married with three children and living in upstate New York, when he was tricked into going to Washington DC. There, he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, \u003cem\u003eeventually ending up on\u003c\/em\u003e a plantation in the \u003cstrong\u003eRed River\u003c\/strong\u003e area of Louisiana. For twelve years he experienced and witnessed the arbitrary beatings and whippings, around-the-clock back-breaking work, and countless other degradations that came with being enslaved in the antebellum south.\u003cem\u003e Through the sympathetic ear of a white man and\u003c\/em\u003e with miraculous timing, he was eventually freed and returned home. He then wrote this memoir and contributed to the abolitionist movement before disappearing from the pages of history.\u003cstrong\u003eLike Incidents\u003c\/strong\u003e in the Life of a Slave Girl, \u003cstrong\u003eTwelve Years\u003c\/strong\u003e a Slave stands in stark contrast to the era's bucolic propaganda that the enslaved in the south were well treated, well provided for, and made \"part of the family.\" As a first-hand account, \u003cem\u003eit exposes slavery for what it is: barbaric, dehumanizing, and evil.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Solomon Northup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9791043139611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Solomon Northup","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460373786879,"sku":"9791043139611","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1142496-432e-4630-8a22-adf57daecff8.jpg?v=1777414324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twelve-years-a-slave-solomon-northup-9791043139611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}