Twelve years a slave
By: Solomon Northup
Contributors: Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Eakin Films
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] /
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781482916195
Subjects: Slaves; Slaves' writings, American; History; African Americans; Slavery; Biography; Plantation life
Description: In this riveting true story, Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr., masterfully transports us to 1840s New York, Louisiana, and Washington, DC, to experience the kidnapping and twelve-year bondage of Solomon Northup, a free man of color. Published in 1853, this account was a bombshell in the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War and helped tilt public opinion in favor of abolition.
Notes: Compact disc.

Read by Louis Gossett Jr.