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Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

Finished reading "Twelve Years A Slave" by Solomon Northup.

Northup was born a free man in New York in 1808. At age 33 he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He was bonded at sugar and cotton plantations in Louisiana for 12 years.

Northup's story is told with the help of a ghost writer. The edition which I read has extensive background footnotes by Dr Sue Eakin.

Coming from an insider, this ex-slave's memoir has shocked me to the bone.

I have studied Guyanese and West Indian history and learned many facts about slavery. Nothing touched my soul as Northup's book.

We went to see the movie last weekend because it's up for many Oscars tonight.

3/2/1411:30 AM

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