Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book)

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memoir slave narrative

Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir by Solomon Northup recounting his kidnapping as a free Black man and subsequent twelve years of enslavement in the American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memoir ⓘ
slave narrative ⓘ
adaptedAs Twelve Years a Slave (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Solomon Northup NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Solomon Northup's real-life experiences ⓘ
centralEvent kidnapping into slavery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts legal status of free Black people in the 19th-century United States ⓘ
physical punishment of enslaved people ⓘ
plantation life in Louisiana ⓘ
slave markets ⓘ
fullTitle Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
slave narrative ⓘ
historicalContext pre–Civil War United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance firsthand account of kidnapping of a free Black man into slavery ⓘ
important primary source on U.S. slavery ⓘ
influenced scholarship on American slavery ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement abolitionist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Solomon Northup NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeStructure chronological ⓘ
notableCharacter Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edwin Epps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPublisher Derby & Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfPublication Auburn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistStatusAtStart free Black man ⓘ
publicationDate 1853 ⓘ
settingPeriod 1841–1853 ⓘ
settingRegion Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
theme family separation ⓘ
injustice of slavery ⓘ
loss of freedom ⓘ
racial oppression ⓘ
survival ⓘ
timeInCaptivity 12 years ⓘ
timeToWriteAfterFreedom approximately 1 year ⓘ

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Edwin Epps → workBasedOn → Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book) ⓘ
William Ford → appearsIn → Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelve Years a Slave (book)
William Ford → firstAppearance → Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelve Years a Slave (1853 memoir)
Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps → basedOnWork → Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 12 Years a Slave (memoir)
Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey → basedOnWork → Twelve Years a Slave (1853 book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 12 Years a Slave (memoir)