12 Years a Slave
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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
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Racism and Slavery
Truth and Justice
Family
Christianity
The Power of Music
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Solomon Northup
Edwin Epps
Bass
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John Tibeats
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
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
Quotes
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
Symbols
All Symbols
Free papers
Chains
Whip
Lit Devices
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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