Twelve years a slave
(Playaway)

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Author
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Contributors
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Crisden, Sean.
Tantor Media.
Playaway Digital Audio.
Findaway World, LLC.
Published
Solon, Ohio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, [2012], ©2012.
Appears on list
Juneteenth for All Ages
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Available at another branch
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Bordeaux - Adult AudiobookPLAYAWAY 306.362092 N878tOn Shelf
Looby - Adult AudiobookPLAYAWAY 306.362092 N878tOn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Biography.
Audiobooks.
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Slaves' writings, American.

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Format
Playaway
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (7 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781616575472, 1616575476

Notes

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Title from Playaway label.
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"HDAUDIO."
General Note
"Tantor Audio"--Container.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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Previously released by Tantor Media, Inc., c2012.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Participants/Performers
Read by Sean Crisden.
Description
A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American historyBorn a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life--perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Northup, S., Gates, H. L., Jr., & Crisden, S. (20122012). Twelve years a slave. (Unabridged). [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?, Henry Louis Gates, Jr and Sean. Crisden. 20122012. Twelve Years a Slave. [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?, Henry Louis Gates, Jr and Sean. Crisden. Twelve Years a Slave. [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, 20122012.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Northup, S., Gates, H. L., Jr. and Crisden, S. (n.d.). Twelve years a slave. Unabridged Solon, Ohio: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Northup, Solomon, Henry Louis Gates, Jr, and Sean Crisden. Twelve Years a Slave. Unabridged, [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, 20122012.

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