{"product_id":"coll-classics-twelve-years-a-slave-pb-9780007580422","title":"Coll Classics Twelve Years A Slave Pb","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperCollins Publishers Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780007580422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17.50 x 10.69 x 2.01 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 kg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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","brand":"WILLIAM COLLINS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51085596623095,"sku":"9780007580422","price":104.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/3973\/5543\/files\/18724123482190.jpg?v=1788095638","url":"https:\/\/www.2027textbooks.co.za\/products\/coll-classics-twelve-years-a-slave-pb-9780007580422","provider":"2027Textbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}