ASIN: B00EFDZ288
Publisher: Eakin Films & Publishing
Pages: 138
NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLERACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PICTUREGOLDEN GLOBE WINNER SYNCS TO AUDIBLE AUDIOBOOK BY LOUIS GOSSETT"I wish to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, who gave her life's work to preserving Solomon's story"-- Steve McQueen, 2014 Academy Awards acceptance speech for Best PictureIn this enhanced/authenticated edition by Dr. Sue Eakin of the riveting true slave narrative that reads like a novel, you are transported to 1840’s New York, Washington, D.C., and Louisiana to experience the kidnapping and twelve years of bondage of Solomon Northup, a free man of color. TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE, published in 1853, was an immediate bombshell in the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War. It validated Harriett Beecher Stowe’s fictional account of Southern slavery in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which significantly changed public opinion in favor of ...
