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Twelve Years a Slave: Including; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass
4.23 AVERAGE
1.46k reviews for:
Twelve Years a Slave: Including; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass
4.23 AVERAGE
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The book gave more insight to the lifestyle and lives involved during the 1800s and how slavery damaged America.
It lacked the fire of Douglass’ autobiographies, but is an enlightening account of the evils of slavery.
This was an amazing read. Obviously many details were left out, probably both for the sensibilities of his contemporary readers as well as for length, but what was in there was both riveting and heart-rending.
I would have loved to hear more about his return to his family, and his experiences after his enslavement.
I would have loved to hear more about his return to his family, and his experiences after his enslavement.
Wow! This is an amazingly written auto biography of Solomon Northup - so much details about his 12 years a slave with no comments on the history of Slavery but leaving it to the readers.
Being a true story the emotional impact is huge. Highly recommended.
Being a true story the emotional impact is huge. Highly recommended.
In one word: moving.
This book made me feel outraged and ashamed... but there were uplifting moments too, and I could feel Solomon’s strength through his words—he tells his story brilliantly, from beginning to end.
I watched the movie years ago but hadn’t read the book. If you haven’t read this one yet and are on a quest to educate yourself about Black American history, this is a good place to start.
This book made me feel outraged and ashamed... but there were uplifting moments too, and I could feel Solomon’s strength through his words—he tells his story brilliantly, from beginning to end.
I watched the movie years ago but hadn’t read the book. If you haven’t read this one yet and are on a quest to educate yourself about Black American history, this is a good place to start.
I am afraid that I am guilty this time around of watching the movie before reading the book.
Twelve Years a Slave is Solomon Northup’s story of how he was kidnapped, drugged, beaten and sold off as a slave. It is a detailed account of 12 years of his life that he spent as a slave. The brutalities that he had to endure, the psychological torture that it was and the stories of the people who touched his life in one way or the other. He not only narrates his own story, but through knowing him and his life we learn more about other slaves, slave catchers, the general conditions of a slave and also the relationship between the master and a slave.
I wish that this was a piece of fiction so that I could just say that it was brilliantly ‘plotted’ and skillfully narrated and move on.
But that is not the case… this isn’t just some fiction but the dark facts of humanity. When we hear about slaves, we pity them thinking that they had a hard and difficult life. But to hear the first hand account of that life breaks your heart so badly. It was so difficult to imagine that a person had to live a life like that and then go back to our own comfortable lives. His trials and tribulations over those years are bound to touch a person in the most deepest ways - to be beaten physically in an inhuman manner may still be bearable, but the psychological torture that it was and the effect it can have on a person is so immense.
Solomon Northup’s life will touch everyone who reads this book and maybe even influence the readers to treat others better. And while the film deserved the Oscars, it is not even close to the book’s emotional dynamite!
A MUST READ
http://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2014/03/TwelveYearsASlave.html
Twelve Years a Slave is Solomon Northup’s story of how he was kidnapped, drugged, beaten and sold off as a slave. It is a detailed account of 12 years of his life that he spent as a slave. The brutalities that he had to endure, the psychological torture that it was and the stories of the people who touched his life in one way or the other. He not only narrates his own story, but through knowing him and his life we learn more about other slaves, slave catchers, the general conditions of a slave and also the relationship between the master and a slave.
I wish that this was a piece of fiction so that I could just say that it was brilliantly ‘plotted’ and skillfully narrated and move on.
But that is not the case… this isn’t just some fiction but the dark facts of humanity. When we hear about slaves, we pity them thinking that they had a hard and difficult life. But to hear the first hand account of that life breaks your heart so badly. It was so difficult to imagine that a person had to live a life like that and then go back to our own comfortable lives. His trials and tribulations over those years are bound to touch a person in the most deepest ways - to be beaten physically in an inhuman manner may still be bearable, but the psychological torture that it was and the effect it can have on a person is so immense.
Solomon Northup’s life will touch everyone who reads this book and maybe even influence the readers to treat others better. And while the film deserved the Oscars, it is not even close to the book’s emotional dynamite!
A MUST READ
http://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2014/03/TwelveYearsASlave.html
Heartbreaking, real, and unflinching. Even with kind treatment, this author doesn't shy away from the reality and horror of slavery - the longing for freedom trumps kindness, any time.