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Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man, by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin
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- Summary
- The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and spent 12 years as a slave on deadly Louisiana coastal plantations
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 120 pages
- Contents
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- "Well, my boy, how do you feel now?"
- "I wished for wings"
- "I will learn you your name!"
- Life is dear to every living thing
- "A song of peace"
- "If I ever catch you with a book"
- "I am here now a slave"
- "How can I end my days here?"
- "Solomon Northup is my name!"
- "I had been restored to happiness and liberty"
- Isbn
- 9781426309380
- Label
- Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man
- Title
- Stolen into slavery
- Title remainder
- the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man
- Statement of responsibility
- by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
- Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? -- Juvenile literature
- truePlantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
- Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueSlavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- trueSlaves -- United States -- Biography
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and spent 12 years as a slave on deadly Louisiana coastal plantations
- Award
- Carter G. Woodson Book Awards: Secondary Level, 2013.
- Review
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- Gr 5 – 8 — Using a format similar to that of their 5000 Miles to Freedom (National Geographic, 2006), the Fradins tell the dramatic story of a free African American man from New York who was tricked, drugged, and sold into slavery in 1841. They draw upon Northup's 1853 memoir and their own research to describe his 12-year ordeal, from his fear and confusion when he awoke in a Washington, DC, slave market to his journey by ship to New Orleans to his brutal treatment at the hands of slave masters and overseers. The Fradins also discuss his ceaseless and often-dangerous efforts to prove his identity and reclaim his status as a free man and reunite with his wife and three children. The authors place his story into the context of antebellum America by examining how Northup's memoir affected the national debate about slavery. The text is supplemented with black-and-white reproductions of period documents and illustrations, modern location photos, and maps. This book will help readers understand the constant dangers that even free blacks faced, the brutality of slavery, and how the abolitionist movement used the accounts of escaped and freed slaves to shape public opinion. It offers much more detail than Mary Young and Gerald Horne's Testaments of Courage: Selections from Men's Slave Narratives (Watts, 1995), which includes a chapter on Northup.—Mary Mueller, formerly at Rolla Junior High School, MO --Mary Mueller (Reviewed April 1, 2012) (School Library Journal, vol 58, issue 04, p184)
- Most readers know something about the Underground Railroad, when African Americans went from slavery to freedom, but this volume presents the opposite scenario: the enslavement of thousands of free Northern blacks. Solomon Northup was one of 400,000 free blacks living in the United States in 1841. He was living in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with his wife and three children, when two white men offered him good money to play violin for the circus they represented. Solomon jumped at the chance and soon found himself captured, beaten and transported to Louisiana, where he suffered a 12-year odyssey as a slave. Brevity, the focus on one man's story and a lively prose style make this an unusually affecting and important narrative. All of the dialogue and many of the details come from Northup's own memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, published in 1853. Photographs, maps and reproductions of a bill of sale and various newspaper images complement the text. Unfortunately, sources are not always provided, as for a Frederick Douglass quotation on the final page, and the meager bibliography offers no sources for young readers, a shame since so many fine sources exist. An excellent and important introduction to a man who went from freedom to slavery and back again. (afterword, time line, online resources, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14) (Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2012)
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10083419
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fradin, Judith Bloom
- Dewey number
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- 306.3/62092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1060L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG+
- LC call number
- E444.N87
- LC item number
- F73 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 8
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Reading level
- 7.1
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- Fradin, Dennis B
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- True
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- Northup, Solomon
- Northup, Solomon
- Slaves
- African Americans
- Plantation life
- Slavery
- Slaves
- African Americans
- Plantation life
- Slavery
- Target audience
- adolescent
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man
- Label
- Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man, by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index
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- nc
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- "Well, my boy, how do you feel now?" -- "I wished for wings" -- "I will learn you your name!" -- Life is dear to every living thing -- "A song of peace" -- "If I ever catch you with a book" -- "I am here now a slave" -- "How can I end my days here?" -- "Solomon Northup is my name!" -- "I had been restored to happiness and liberty"
- Control code
- 858373
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 120 pages
- Isbn
- 9781426309380
- Lccn
- 2011024664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781426309380
- Label
- Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man, by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Well, my boy, how do you feel now?" -- "I wished for wings" -- "I will learn you your name!" -- Life is dear to every living thing -- "A song of peace" -- "If I ever catch you with a book" -- "I am here now a slave" -- "How can I end my days here?" -- "Solomon Northup is my name!" -- "I had been restored to happiness and liberty"
- Control code
- 858373
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 120 pages
- Isbn
- 9781426309380
- Lccn
- 2011024664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781426309380
Subject
- African Americans -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
- Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? -- Juvenile literature
- truePlantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
- Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueSlavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- trueSlaves -- United States -- Biography
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
Genre
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- trueAfrican American History (Teens)
- trueCarter G. Woodson Book Awards: Secondary Level
- trueAfrican American Slavery : Nonfiction for Grades 6-8
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- Gr 5 – 8 — Using a format similar to that of their 5000 Miles to Freedom (National Geographic, 2006), the Fradins tell the dramatic story of a free African American man from New York who was tricked, drugged, and sold into slavery in 1841. They draw upon Northup's 1853 memoir and their own research to describe his 12-year ordeal, from his fear and confusion when he awoke in a Washington, DC, slave market to his journey by ship to New Orleans to his brutal treatment at the hands of slave masters and overseers. The Fradins also discuss his ceaseless and often-dangerous efforts to prove his identity and reclaim his status as a free man and reunite with his wife and three children. The authors place his story into the context of antebellum America by examining how Northup's memoir affected the national debate about slavery. The text is supplemented with black-and-white reproductions of period documents and illustrations, modern location photos, and maps. This book will help readers understand the constant dangers that even free blacks faced, the brutality of slavery, and how the abolitionist movement used the accounts of escaped and freed slaves to shape public opinion. It offers much more detail than Mary Young and Gerald Horne's Testaments of Courage: Selections from Men's Slave Narratives (Watts, 1995), which includes a chapter on Northup.—Mary Mueller, formerly at Rolla Junior High School, MO --Mary Mueller (Reviewed April 1, 2012) (School Library Journal, vol 58, issue 04, p184)
- Most readers know something about the Underground Railroad, when African Americans went from slavery to freedom, but this volume presents the opposite scenario: the enslavement of thousands of free Northern blacks. Solomon Northup was one of 400,000 free blacks living in the United States in 1841. He was living in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with his wife and three children, when two white men offered him good money to play violin for the circus they represented. Solomon jumped at the chance and soon found himself captured, beaten and transported to Louisiana, where he suffered a 12-year odyssey as a slave. Brevity, the focus on one man's story and a lively prose style make this an unusually affecting and important narrative. All of the dialogue and many of the details come from Northup's own memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, published in 1853. Photographs, maps and reproductions of a bill of sale and various newspaper images complement the text. Unfortunately, sources are not always provided, as for a Frederick Douglass quotation on the final page, and the meager bibliography offers no sources for young readers, a shame since so many fine sources exist. An excellent and important introduction to a man who went from freedom to slavery and back again. (afterword, time line, online resources, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14) (Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2012)
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