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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

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

by Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?

BookID: 45631

Language:English

LoC No.:10034503

Alternate Title:12 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

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

African Americans -- BiographyEnslaved persons -- United States -- BiographyEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanNorthup, Solomon, 1808-1863?

Description

"Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup is a memoir published in 1853. Northup, a free black man and musician from New York, recounts how he was deceived, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the Deep South. His narrative details twelve years of bondage on Louisiana plantations, documenting the brutal realities of slavery—from slave markets to plantation life—before finally securing his freedom. Published shortly after "Uncle Tom's Cabin," this firsthand account became a bestseller with 30,000 copies sold. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

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