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Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
It's a powerful, surprisingly well-written true account of a man's journey from freedom to slavery and back again. More than that, it's a close examination of what it truly meant to be a slave, of the hardships suffered, and the fleeting moments of whatever happiness might be had when one's freedom is an unattainable dream. There's much to learn of our own society, and the interaction of its various segregated communities, within these pages.