Twelve Years a Slave

This story of the abduction of a free Negro adult from the North and hisenslavement in the Southprovides a sensational element which cannot bematched in any of ... » 

This story of the abduction of a free Negro adult from the North and hisenslavement in the Southprovides a sensational element which cannot bematched in any of the dozens of narratives written by former slaves. Think ofit For thirty years a man wit all mans hopes fears and aspirationswith awife and children to call him by the endearing names of husband and fatherwith a home humble it may be but still a home...then for twelve years athing a chattel personal classed with mules and horses....Oh it is horrible.It chills the blood to think that such are. «