Twelve years a slave : an autobiography of Solomon Northup : the bombshell book that helped ignite the American Civil War
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Twelve years a slave : an autobiography of Solomon Northup : the bombshell book that helped ignite the American Civil War
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The work Twelve years a slave : an autobiography of Solomon Northup : the bombshell book that helped ignite the American Civil War represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Georgetown Peabody Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.
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- Twelve years a slave : an autobiography of Solomon Northup : the bombshell book that helped ignite the American Civil War
- Title remainder
- an autobiography of Solomon Northup : the bombshell book that helped ignite the American Civil War
- Statement of responsibility
- [with Sue Eakin]
- Title variation
- 12 years a slave
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this true story narrated by Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr, the listener is transported 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
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- Cataloging source
- BLACP
- Credits note
- produced by Frank Eakin ; directed by Casey Kelly
- Dewey number
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- 306.3/62092
- B
- Form of composition
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- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- E444
- LC item number
- .N87 2013ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- biography
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Performed by Louis Gossett, Jr
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
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