Twelve Years a Slave by Bob Rubin

Classic Literature

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Design By: Bob Rubin
Bob Rubin

After years of servicing clients in the design of graphics & exhibitions, Bob decided to abandon the "BIG APPLE" and move upstate NY with his wife, to a rural community. They purchased a 1790 farmhouse that was built by a Revolutionary War veteran. Bob now devotes his creative efforts to satisfying the requirements of the surrounding wildlife. They are great clients he claims: They never complain.

 

Design By: Bob Rubin
Bob Rubin

After years of servicing clients in the design of graphics & exhibitions, Bob decided to abandon the "BIG APPLE" and move upstate NY with his wife, to a rural community. They purchased a 1790 farmhouse that was built by a Revolutionary War veteran. Bob now devotes his creative efforts to satisfying the requirements of the surrounding wildlife. They are great clients he claims: They never complain.

 

Artist Statement

A decade before the Civil War, Solomon Northup, a free African American, living upstate New York was approached by two circus promoters who offered him a job. He was drugged, and sold as a slave for 12 years, eventually being freed by people from his hometown of Saratoga. Northup's book about his life and journey as a slave, sold 30,000 copies. - BOB RUBIN