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Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
5.0

Atlas! I had not then learned the measure of "man's inhumanity to man," nor to what limitless extent of wickedness he will go for the love of gain.

This was such a profound, heart-rending, eye opening and enlightening read. I was literally, an emotional roller coaster while perusing the pages of the book and found it difficult if not impossible to stop once I had started. Words fail me to express how necessary and important it is, to not on read (to gain a better understanding) but also to be able to pass on to our current and future generations the aflications of those held and oppress by such an unfathomable period. *Weeps*