{"product_id":"9780007580422","title":"Twelve Years a Slave : A True Story","description":"Author(s): Northup, Solomon, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 06\/02\/2014, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 304 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: Collins Classics, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: William Collins, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Memoirs\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 176 x 122 x 19mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 164g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007580422\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York State – with no hope of ever seeing them again – and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep South, he spends the next twelve years in captivity until his eventual escape in 1853.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e First published in 1853, this extraordinary true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. It is a true-life testament of one man’s courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice and brutality: its influence on the course of American history cannot be overstated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51657410707834,"sku":"9780007580422","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780007580422.jpg?v=1728144250","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780007580422","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}