Memoir · History · 1853
Twelve Years a Slave
노예 12년
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The memoir of Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery in Louisiana. He describes his years on plantations until his rescue.
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“Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State--and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after…”
Twelve Years a Slave · Solomon Northup
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Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State--and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of twelve years--it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.
나는 자유인으로 태어나 30년 이상 자유주에서 자유의 축복을 누렸고, 그 기간이 끝날 무렵 납치되어 노예로 팔려 12년의 노예 생활을 하다가 1853년 1월에 행복하게 구출되었습니다. 따라서 나의 삶과 운명에 대한 이야기는 대중에게 흥미롭지 않을 수 없다는 의견이 제시되었습니다.
Since my return to liberty, I have not failed to perceive the increasing interest throughout the Northern States, in regard to the subject of Slavery.
내가 자유를 되찾은 이후로 북부 주 전역에서 노예제도 문제에 대한 관심이 점점 더 커지고 있음을 알게 되었습니다.
Works of fiction, professing to portray its features in their more pleasing as well as more repugnant aspects, have been circulated to an extent unprecedented, and, as I understand, have created a fruitful topic of comment and discussion.
그 특징을 더욱 즐거운 측면뿐 아니라 더욱 혐오스러운 측면까지 묘사한다고 주장하는 소설 작품들이 전례 없는 정도로 유통되었고, 내가 알기로는 이로 인해 유익한 논평과 토론의 주제가 생겨났습니다.
I can speak of Slavery only so far as it came under my own observation--only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.
나는 노예제도에 대해 내가 직접 관찰한 범위 내에서만, 즉 내가 직접 알고 경험한 범위 내에서만 말할 수 있다.
My object is, to give a candid and truthful statement of facts: to repeat the story of my life, without exaggeration, leaving it for others to determine, whether even the pages of fiction present a picture of more cruel wrong or a severer bondage.
내 목적은 사실을 솔직하고 진실되게 진술하는 것입니다. 과장 없이 내 삶의 이야기를 반복하여, 소설 속 이야기가 더 잔혹한 잘못이나 더 가혹한 속박을 묘사하는지 여부는 다른 사람들이 판단하도록 하는 것입니다.
As far back as I have been able to ascertain, my ancestors on the paternal side were slaves in Rhode Island.
내가 확인할 수 있었던 한, 아버지 쪽 조상들은 로드아일랜드에서 노예였습니다.
They belonged to a family by the name of Northup, one of whom, removing to the State of New-York, settled at Hoosic, in Rensselaer county.
그들은 노섭이라는 성을 가진 가족에 속해 있었는데, 그중 한 사람이 뉴욕주로 이주하여 렌셀러 카운티의 후식에 정착했습니다.
He brought with him Mintus Northup, my father.
그는 나의 아버지인 민투스 노섭을 데리고 왔습니다.
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Book details
- Title
- Twelve Years a Slave (노예 12년)
- Author
- Solomon Northup
- First published
- 1853
- Genre
- Memoir, History, Biography
- Original language
- English
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- 20 languages
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