Erasure of Identity and the Quest for Self Articulation in Black Slave Narrative

The present paper intends to study a slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave (1853) by Solomon Northup, a born free African-American man from New York State who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. The book was adapted into 12 Years a Slave (2013), a colossal Hollywood success, instrumental in 20...

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Main Author: Harneet Kaur Sandhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sarat Centenary College 2017-07-01
Series:PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies
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Online Access:http://postscriptum.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pS2.iiHarneet.pdf