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biblio_mom 's review for:
12 Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
"Let not those who have never been placed in like circumstances, judge me harshly. Until they have been chained and beaten—until they find themselves in the situation I was, borne away from home and family towards a land of bondage—let them refrain from saying what they would not do for liberty."
Solomon is a great violin player, living his beautiful life with 3 beautiful daughters and his lovely wife. Set in 1841, New York City, Solomon Northup had been tricked and sold as a slave. He was given a new name of Platt, and born in Georgia.
12 years hell of being a slave and far apart from his family, Solomon had successfully mailed two letters of his whereabouts. The first one did not helped, but the second one leads to Master Ford whom does not know the fact that Solomon is a free man.
This is one of the darkest, disturbing and depressing memoir I have ever read. I got to be honest, at times, I had to skim through the pages to avoid being triggered by the violence, his and the fellow slaves, sorrows.
All this oppressions, injustice, needs to stop. With whats been happening now, after the killing of many innocent Black people over the years, especially when the villains are white cops, we need to police the police! #blacklivesmatter
Solomon is a great violin player, living his beautiful life with 3 beautiful daughters and his lovely wife. Set in 1841, New York City, Solomon Northup had been tricked and sold as a slave. He was given a new name of Platt, and born in Georgia.
12 years hell of being a slave and far apart from his family, Solomon had successfully mailed two letters of his whereabouts. The first one did not helped, but the second one leads to Master Ford whom does not know the fact that Solomon is a free man.
This is one of the darkest, disturbing and depressing memoir I have ever read. I got to be honest, at times, I had to skim through the pages to avoid being triggered by the violence, his and the fellow slaves, sorrows.
All this oppressions, injustice, needs to stop. With whats been happening now, after the killing of many innocent Black people over the years, especially when the villains are white cops, we need to police the police! #blacklivesmatter