![]() ![]() This story of perseverance presents to children a personal side of the often-detached history of slavery. As a slave, Northup was permitted neither pen nor paper, yet he was able to recall his ordeal in exacting detail.Ĭonsidered one of the best firsthand accounts of the slavery experience, this autobiographical story, originally published in 1853, has been painstakingly rewritten for children aged eight through twelve. His remarkable account of the epic journey from free man of color to slave to free man again is even more astonishing because it was written entirely from memory. Solomon Northup, a family man and hack driver in upstate New York, was kidnapped, whisked away from his home, and sold into slavery. ![]() “Solomon Northup’s trials and tribulations are retold in such a way that young-adult readers will be totally captivated by his story.” Hicks, former Arkansas state supervisor of education “The retelling of Solomon Northup’s true story is a valuable contribution to black history. ![]()
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