Solomon Northup
Autore di 12 anni schiavo: la straordinaria storia vera di Solomon Northup
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Solomon Northup was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York. He is noted for having been kidnapped in 1841 when enticed with a job offer. When he accompanied his supposed employers to Washington, DC, they drugged him and sold him into slavery. From Washington, DC, he was mostra altro transported to New Orleans where he was sold to a plantation owner from Rapides Parish, Louisiana. After 12 years in bondage, he regained his freedom in January 1853. Solomon Northup's memoir was reprinted several times later in the 19th century. An annotated version was published in 1968; the memoir was adapted and produced as a 2013 film by the same name by Steve McQueen, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup. Since 1999, Saratoga Springs, New York, has celebrated an annual Solomon Northup Day on the third Saturday in July. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(ger) His name is generally written as S. NorthUp. Northrup or Northop are common misspellings, but they are not correct. See also: http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/04/nation/la-na-nn-solomon-northup-new-york-times-correction-20140304
Opere di Solomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave / Life of Frederick Douglass / Uncle Tom's Cabin / Life of Josiah Henson / Incidents in the Life… (2014) — Collaboratore — 59 copie
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 2:: Twelve Years a Slave: Graded readers for secondary and adult learners (2018) 23 copie
Twelve Years a Slave: Including; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (2015) 7 copie
Twelve Years A Slave: Original Edition - With Bonus of Uncle Tom's Cabin and Original illustrations (2014) 5 copie
Slave Narratives Collection (Golden Deer Classics): Twelve Years A Slave, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,… (2017) 2 copie
Twelve Years a Slave: Includes Six Additional Slave Narratives (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Frederick Douglass) (2014) 1 copia
Opere correlate
American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (2012) — Immagine di copertina — 122 copie
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Collaboratore — 76 copie
I Was Born a Slave: An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives: Volume Two, 1849-1866 (1999) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Slave Narrative (Six Pack 1)- Uncle Tom's Cabin, Twelve Years A Slave, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation,… (2015) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Northop, Solomon
- Nome legale
- Northop, Solomon
- Data di nascita
- 1808-07-10
- Data di morte
- c. 1863
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- VS
- Luogo di nascita
- Minerva, Essex County, New York, VS
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, USA
- Attività lavorative
- Timmerman
- Nota di disambiguazione
- His name is generally written as S. NorthUp. Northrup or Northop are common misspellings, but they are not correct. See also: http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/...
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
- #5,976
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 117
- ISBN
- 394
- Lingue
- 13
Slavery was a vile institution but it was more complicated than all slaveholders as evil. Some slaveholders had much gratitude, while others had much bitterness. This is an autobiography of Solomon Northup, who was born free in the northern states, but was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the southern states. Going from a hard worker making a comfortable living, to a tireless worker barely living. From having a family, to being in constant peril. A detailed account is made of the tortures, and the different labor uses of slaves. There were people along who treated enslaved people well, and others who helped Solomon stay alive and regain his freedom. This is a story about the value of freedom.
Solomon’s father had given his children an education, setting different expectations of them than did society. Solomon himself married Anne, with whom he had children. Through hard work and diligence, the family made a comfortable and happy living. Solomon was always looking to work, and avoid idleness, which attracted him to the offer to play his violin in other states. Unfortunately, Solomon also accepted to stay with the party while it went to play in the southern states. Although Brown and Hamilton incentivized and helped procure papers to show that Solomon was a free person and not a slave, Solomon ended up being kidnapped in a southern state with the papers missing. Solomon is not sure whether Brown and Hamilton had anything to do with his kidnappers, as they were friendly towards Solomon and cared for Solomon’s welfare. But because the consequence was becoming a slave, Solomon does not think of them too charitably.
The slaver known as Burch tortured the freedom out of Solomon. Solomon did not yield his claim that he was a free person easily, but thought it wise to go along with the claim of slavery for that would give him better prospects of escape. It was either go along and become a slave, or lose his life. After that Solomon was a slave to different slave masters. Looking kindly at some slave masters for their treatment. Making easy acquaintances with people in similar condition as he was, but also gaining some ill will. There were more than a few times in which Solomon’s life was in jeopardy. For Solomon, kindness would have made slaves more obedient than deadly weapons.
Problems?
The writing is sometimes easy to read, but the syntax prevents flow as it makes it more difficult to read. There might be a problem with the narrative of the story, given in such detail years after the events. It is unlikely that the events happened exactly as the details are laid out. But the general context is acceptable, with proofs and sources.
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