Twelve years a slave / Solomon Northup ; retold by Clare West ; illustrated by Rebecca Lisotta.
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TextSeries: Oxford bookworms libraryStage 2True stories: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Simplified editionDescription: 65 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780194024112; 0194024113Subject(s): Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863 -- Biography | 1800-1899 | Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography | Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century | African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century | English language -- Study and teaching | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Slaves | Slavery | Readers for new literates | Readers (Adult) | English language -- Study and teaching | English language | United States | LouisianaGenre/Form: Readers (Adult) | Readers for new literates. | Textbooks -- for foreign speakers. | History. | Biography.DDC classification: 428.64 LOC classification: PE1127.B55 .W47 2018Summary: Twelve years a slave is the extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York State who, in 1841, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. This simplified version condenses Northup's memoirs for students of English.
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Twelve years a slave is the extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York State who, in 1841, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. This simplified version condenses Northup's memoirs for students of English.
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