Twelve Years a Slave, The Book: Dramatizations, Illustrations, & Editions

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Have you already picked your favorites for the Oscars this Sunday? Here in Worcester, American Hustle is a popular choice since scenes from it were shot on Worcester streets and in the Worcester Art Museum. Captain Phillips even shot a few scenes at the Worcester Airport (yes, there is a Worcester airport!). Here at the American Antiquarian … Continue reading Twelve Years a Slave, The Book: Dramatizations, Illustrations, & Editions

Twelve Years a Slave, The Book: Truth Stranger than Fiction

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I can speak of Slavery only so far as it came under my own observation – only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person. (p. 17-8) So Solomon Northup begins his harrowing account of slavery from the inside. In Twelve Years a Slave, Northup, a free black man from … Continue reading Twelve Years a Slave, The Book: Truth Stranger than Fiction