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Stolen Into Slavery : The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man by Judith Bloom Fradin; Dennis Brindell Fradin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Stolen Into Slavery : The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man about?
The true story behind the acclaimed movie 12 Years a Slave, this book follows the life of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was captured in the United States and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of the night with his body trembling. Slowly, he realized that he was handcuffed in a dark room and his feet were chained to the floor. He managed to slip his hand into his pocket to look for his free papers that proved he was one of 400,000 free blacks in a nation where 2.5 million other African Americans were slaves. They were gone. This remarkable story follows Northup through his 12 years of bondage as a man kidnapped into slavery, enduring the hardships of slave life in Louisiana. But the tale also has a remarkable ending. Northup is rescued from his master's cotton plantation in the deep South by friends in New York. This is a compelling tale that looks into a little known slice of history, sure to rivet...
Who reads Stolen Into Slavery : The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Judith Bloom Fradin; Dennis Brindell Fradin
- Publisher
- Random House;National Geographic Society;National Geographic Children's Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781426309373
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Historical Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (470 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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