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Fradin, Judy.
STOLEN INTO SLAVERY : THE TRUE STORY OF SOLOMON NORTHRUP
Washington DC : National Geographic, 2012
IL 5-8, RL 7.1
ISBN 1426309376
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Solomon longed for home, he missed wife and children, but most of all he missed his “freedom”.  Born and educated in the North, he was sold into slavery during a business trip to Washington, D.C.  Follow Solomon as he suffers and endures the life of a slave on a southern plantation. This story, which started as a 19th century autobiography, ended as a 21st century Oscar winning movie.   If you are interested in this time period there are many other fiction and non-fiction books available at your local library. Try:  Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons or To Be a Slave compiled by Julius Lester.  (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2015)

SUBJECTS:   Northup, Solomon, 1808-
                        Slaves -- Biography.
                        African Americans -- Biography.
                        Plantation life.
                        Slavery.

 
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