"Twelve Years a Slave" - Solomon Northup
This is the amazing true story of a freeman, Solomon Northup, that was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the mid 1800's. The details he gives and the details he dedidedly omits, makes you cringe at the thought that such a thing existed in our country that promotes freedom and equality. Slaves were so often looked at as less than animals and treated just as harshly. It's no wonder there's still hositlity between the races.
I love a book that can bring out emotions in me. The most emotional part for me was when Solomon witnessed the separation of a mother and her young children. Just the thought of having your children taken from you and there is nothing, absolutey nothing you can do about it. There's no one to sympathize with you, no one to fight for you, only despair that you will never see your children again and not knowing what will happen to them without you to look over them. You are left with only the most evil thoughts of what your children will go through.
What Solomon was forced to do and how he was able to live through the hell he was put in, is a test of true perseverence.
I did see the movie before reading the book and I enjoyed both. One did not ruin the other. I recommend this book!
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