Twelve Years a Slave - Northup, Solomon
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Solomon Northup was a free man, the son of an emancipated Negro Slave. Until the spring of 1841 he lived a simple, uneventful life with his wife and three children in Upstate New York. Then, suddenly, he fell victim to a series of bizarre events that make this one of the most amazing autobiographies ever written. Northup accepted an offer from two strangers in Saratoga, New York, to catch up with their traveling circus and play in its band. But when the chase ended, Northup had been drugged, beaten, and sold to a slave trader in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he was shipped to New Orleans,…mehr

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Solomon Northup was a free man, the son of an emancipated Negro Slave. Until the spring of 1841 he lived a simple, uneventful life with his wife and three children in Upstate New York. Then, suddenly, he fell victim to a series of bizarre events that make this one of the most amazing autobiographies ever written. Northup accepted an offer from two strangers in Saratoga, New York, to catch up with their traveling circus and play in its band. But when the chase ended, Northup had been drugged, beaten, and sold to a slave trader in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he was shipped to New Orleans, where he was purchased by a planter in the Red River region of Louisiana. For the next twelve years Northup lived as a chattel slave under several masters. He might well have died a slave, except for another set of bizarre circumstances which enabled him to get word to his family and finally regain his freedom. These elements alone -- the kidnapping, enslavement, and rescue -- are sufficient for a sensational story. But Northup provides more. He was a shrewd observer of people and events. His memory was remarkable. He described cultivation of cotton and sugar in the Deep South. He detailed the daily routine and general life of the Negro slave. Indeed, he vividly portrayed the world of slavery -- from the underside. Originally published in 1853, Northup's autobiography is regarded as one of the best accounts of American Negro slavery ever written by a slave. It is reprinted in full here for the first time, as the initial volume in The Library of Southern Civilization. Northup's account has been carefully checked by the editors and has been found to be remarkably accurate. To his own narrative of a long and tragic adventure, Professors Eakin and Logsdon have added significant new details about Northup and the plantation country where he spent most of his time as a slave. Heretofore unknown information about the capture and trial of Northup's kidnappers has been included, adding still another fascinating episode to an already astounding story.
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Sue Eakin (1918-2009) taught history at Louisiana State University in Alexandria. Joseph Logsdon (1938-2000) was an assistant professor of history at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung | Besprechung von 07.03.2014

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„12 Years
a Slave“
Gegen den authentischen Bericht von Solomon Northup – verfilmt von Steve McQueen – verblasst Harriet Beecher Stowes „Onkel Toms Hütte“ zur sentimentalen Antiquität. Northup wurde 1841 als freier Bürger des Staates New York durch Betrug entführt, in die Sklaverei verkauft und erduldete zwölf lange Jahre ein grausames Martyrium auf Zucker- und Baumwollplantagen im Süden der USA. Dass er 1853 seine Freiheit wiedererlangte, grenzt ans Wunderbare. Anfangs versucht er, die Haltung eines freien Mannes zu wahren, doch die Sklavenhalter lassen keinen Zweifel, er muss unter einem Sklavennamen schuften. Erstaunlich ist die Genauigkeit in der Schilderung von Arbeitsdetails und wechselnden Stimmungen – Verzweiflung, Hoffnung und bitterer Fatalismus. Northup schönt so wenig wie er übertreibt, gerade deshalb ist sein Bericht so eindringlich und erzürnend. In all dem Elend und Blut wirkt die Beschreibung der Schönheit eines Feldes surreal: „Wenige Anblicke schmeicheln dem Auge mehr als ein weites Baumwollfeld in voller Blüte. Es bietet ein Bild von Reinheit ähnlich einer hellen Fläche jungfräulichen Neuschnees.“  HARALD EGGEBRECHT
  
Solomon Northup:
Twelve Years A Slave. A. d. Engl. von Johannes Sabinski, Alexander Weber. Piper Verlag, München 2014.
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