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12 Years A Slave

Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep S...

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Morbid

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Morbid

The hosts mentioned the book 12 Years a Slave while highlighting Storm Reid's filmography in the same breath as A Wrinkle in Time.

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We also have Storm Reid, who was in A Wrinkle in Time and Euphoria and 12 Years a Slave. And she was great.

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The hosts mentioned the book 12 Years a Slave while highlighting Storm Reid's filmography in the same breath as A Wrinkle in Time.

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We also have Storm Reid, who was in A Wrinkle in Time and Euphoria and 12 Years a Slave. And she was great.

The Rest Is History

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The Rest Is History

The hosts discussed Northup's memoir as a pivotal abolitionist narrative, noting its harrowing content and its impact on readers.

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when Northrop writes up his memoirs, 12 Years a Slave, he writes of William Ford

— Episode: 12 Days: Solomon Northup and Albert Camu...

Episode: 12 Days: Solomon Northup and Albert Camus

The hosts discussed Northup's memoir as a pivotal abolitionist narrative, noting its harrowing content and its impact on readers.

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when Northrop writes up his memoirs, 12 Years a Slave, he writes of William Ford

12 years of slave it becomes very significant text in the abolitionist cause

12 years a slave have you have you read it Tom? I haven't read it I've seen the film I've seen the film yeah I haven't read the book but I quite feel quite inspired ...

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

It was mentioned as a memoir providing an account of the brutality of slave patrols, specifically the use of dogs to hunt down enslaved people who had broken curfew.

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one slave fled before one of these companies thinking he could reach his cabin before they could overtake him. But one of their dogs, a great ravenous hound, gripped him by the leg and held him fast....

— Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of Am...

Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Pol...

It was mentioned as a memoir providing an account of the brutality of slave patrols, specifically the use of dogs to hunt down enslaved people who had broken curfew.

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one slave fled before one of these companies thinking he could reach his cabin before they could overtake him. But one of their dogs, a great ravenous hound, gripped him by the leg and held him fast. The patrollers whipped him severely.

Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Pol...

It was mentioned as an example of the brutality of slave patrols, recounting a scene where a slave was punished for breaking curfew and attacked by dogs.

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one slave fled before one of these companies thinking he could reach his cabin before they could overtake him. But one of their dogs, a great ravenous hound, gripped him by the leg and held him fast. The patrollers whipped him severely.

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