My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

12 Years a Slave

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Slavery

Speaker

Solomon Northup

Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Source

12 Years a Slave

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen, Plan B Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/ Film4 Productions/River Road Entertainment/Regency Enterprises, 2013.

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Time
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Final Emancipation Proclamation," or "Proclamation 95." 22 Sept. 1862.

Current Citation

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