Twelve years a slave
(eAudiobook)
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Published
[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2015.
Edition
Unabridged ed.
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eAudiobook
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English
ISBN
9781486282647
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Downloadable eAudiobook.
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Non fiction.
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Duration: 07:22:31.
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Read by Hugh Quarshie.
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Hugh Quarshie reads the extraordinary autobiography of Solomon Northup. His harrowing true story, first published in 1853, was a key factor in the national debate over slavery prior to the American Civil War, significantly changing public opinion on the topic of abolition. It tells the horrifying tale of Solomon Northup, an educated, free black man living with his wife and children in New York State, whose life takes an appalling turn when he is kidnapped, drugged and sold into slavery. Shipped to New Orleans, he endures the life of a slave in Louisiana's isolated plantation country. For twelve long years, he endures the unimaginable brutality and inhumanity of daily life, while keeping his dignity intact and dreaming of one day returning home to the arms of his family. Twelve Years a Slave is soon to be a major motion picture, starring Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender.
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Adult.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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