Twelve Years A Slave

The book “12 Years a Slave,” which was written in the year 1853, is a story that narrates the encounters of a black Citizen of New York, Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in the City of Washington in 1841 and sold to work to work in a coffee plantation. Northup was later rescued in 1853. Solomon Northup was born as a free black man, enticed to the south, kidnapped, as well as sold into slavery. The narrative of “Twelve Years a Slave” is outstanding as a significant piece of literature relating to slavery because it was written from the standpoint of a free man, who was enslaved for twelve years. This paper reflects on the traumatic occurrences of Northup’s kidnapping, along with his dehumanizing as well as cruel treatment as a slave in coffee fields at the heart of Louisiana. “Twelve Years a slave, as a slave narrative, gives an insight into the effects of slavery to the society, and its cruelty to human beings, with the aim of enlightening all generations on its shortcomings on moral grounds. “Twelve Years a Slave” is a slave narrative. Slave narratives are a distinctive literary tradition where previously enslaved people narrate their experiences as slaves, as well as what they went through for the period of their enslavement. In
They falsely testified “I had on my free will consented to sell myself into slavery.” They claimed to have engaged in a scam plot with Northup that they would sell him into slavery, and then later secure his free papers so as to share the proceeds from the sale with him. However, according to him, “during that time, black people were not allowed to give testimonies in the court.” Therefore, Northup’s testimony was never heard. This represents a deliberate injustice in his quest to bring his captor to justice, leading to a significant protest by many