Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story

Solomon Northup

304 pages first pub 1853 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York State – with no hope of ever seeing them again – and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep South, he spend...

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Moods

emotional 71%
sad 69%
informative 66%
dark 62%
challenging 54%
reflective 43%
tense 33%
inspiring 25%
hopeful 12%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 28%
fast 14%

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