Twelve years a slave : [narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana] / Solomon Northup.
"Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at...
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Other title: | 12 years a slave. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Lexington, K.Y. :
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2013
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Summary: | "Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana."--P. [4] of cover. |
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Item Description: | Originally published in 1853. "Made in the USA; Lexington, KY; 18 January 2014"--Inside of back cover. |
Physical Description: | i, 146 pages ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: | 9781492368281 (paperback) 1492368288 (paperback) |