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Twelve Years > Twelve Years A Slave: Chapt. 1-5 (may contain spoilers up to chapter 5)

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message 1: by Zellie (new)

Oct 14, 2013 07:23PM

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How are you all liking it so far? On several occasions Northup felt compelled to defend his basic humanity. Why do you suppose he felt a need to do this? What can we learn about slavery from the story of Eliza?

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