12 Years a Slave
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22
Themes
All Themes Racism and Slavery Truth and Justice Family Christianity The Power of Music
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Characters
All Characters Solomon Northup Edwin Epps Bass William Ford John Tibeats James Burch Henry B. Northup Patsey Mistress Epps Theophilus Freeman Eliza Berry Ebenezer Radburn Cephas Parker Emily Berry Arthur Lew Cheney
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All Symbols Free papers Chains Whip
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All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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by Solomon Northup
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