The year was 1841. That "Peculiar Institution" of slavery was
running full bore in the south. Solomon Northup, age 33, a
well-educated black man who was born into freedom, resided with his
wife and three children in his native state of New York. Solomon
was kidnapped and sold into slavery in our nation's
capital...Washington, D.C. The perpetrators of this crime, in order
to sell Solomon, insisted he was an escaped slave from Georgia.
Whenever Solomon protested and declared himself a free man, he was
terribly beaten...once near to death. Solomon was sold and
transported to Louisiana where he spent twelve long years of
suffering, degradation, whippings and hard labor as a slave. For
fear of his life, he had to give up the idea of convincing his
masters and others that he was actually a free man and a citizen of
New York and he resigned himself to the accept the life of a slave.
But, through his years of captivity, he never once stopped
believing that one day... he would be freed and again become united
with his family in New York. The enslavement of the black race was
an everyday fact of life from the earliest settlement of this
country up to the end of the Civil War, which brought a close to
this shameful period of our history. In the 1840's there were
many... very many white people who opposed this concept of forced
labor and the maltreatment of fellow human beings. The voices of
these abolitionists were becoming louder and louder not only in the
north where slavery was practically non-existent, but even in the
heart of the south also. One of these, Samuel Bass, a Canadian by
birth, put his own life in jeopardy to free Solomon. This book
gives, in chilling detail, an account of a way of life that
hopefully will never, ever, occur again in this great country...
the "Land of the Free " This book is part of the Historical
Collection of Badgley Publishing Company and has been re-created
from the original. The original contents have been edited and
corrections have been made to original printing, spelling and
grammatical errors when not in conflict with the author's intent to
portray a particular event or interaction. Annotations have been
made and additional contents have been added by Badgley Publishing
Company in order to clarify certain historical events or
interactions and to enhance the author's content. Additional
illustrations and photos have been added by Badgley Publishing
Company.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!