Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup by Solomon Northup

27 reviews

maink's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

An excellent source for trying to understand the institution of slavery in the mid 19th Century, and gain some insight to how the abolitionist movement gained traction

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Racial slurs, and Racism

marieke17's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, and Racism

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, and Racism

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, and Animal death

erinrlreader1994's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

Wow, just wow. Quite a heart wrenching account of a man striped of his freedom and sold into slavery. Very sad but good to read! Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Violence

scylla87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.5

I feel like I should not say I loved this book given it’s subject matter, but this was absolutely amazing. This should be a must read in schools. Often we want to gloss over the dark parts of our history and pretend like they have no relevance today, and honestly, until we are willing to address the issues of the past, we will never be able to move forward. Absolutely heartbreaking but beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

nellkristen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

memorable's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Must-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Torture

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Dementia

skysummer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence