Twelve Years a Slave

Series Level: Level 5

Adapter: David A. Hill

Illustrator: Giuseppe Palumbo

School Type: High School

Language Level: CEFR B1

Components: Reader, Audio CD, e-zone resources

Solomon Northup was kidnapped as a free man and sold into slavery. This is his story of his twelve years as a slave. Solomon paints a clear picture of the life of a slave, the endless work and the cruel treatment, where people are treated without any humanity. Find out how Solomon was kidnapped, about his terrible journey South and his three very different masters. How did Solomon survive? And how did Solomon become a free man once more?