{"product_id":"9780007580422-twelve-years-a-slave","title":"Twelve Years a Slave","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA True Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. A shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom which became an award-winning motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. A shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom which became an award-winning motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.’\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York State – with no hope of ever seeing them again – and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep South, he spends the next twelve years in captivity until his eventual escape in 1853.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1853, this extraordinary true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. It is a true-life testament of one man’s courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice and brutality: its influence on the course of American history cannot be overstated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943008940129,"sku":"9780007580422","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27299726.jpg?v=1721649453","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780007580422-twelve-years-a-slave","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}