| Twelve Years a Slave Contributor(s): Northup, Solomon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1985058979 ISBN-13: 9781985058972 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" (0.47 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details his being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before he was able to secretly get information to friends and family in New York, who in turn secured his release with the aid of the state. Northup's account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation and slave treatment on major plantations in Louisiana. |