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Twelve years a slave

Twelve years a slave

by Solomon Northup

1855SlaveryPlantation lifeHistoryBiographyAfrican Americans
4.5
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation.

Themes & subjects

SlaveryPlantation lifeHistoryBiographyAfrican AmericansSlaves
First published 1855

Characters & people

Solomon Northup (b. 1808)Solomon NorthupSolomon Northup (1808-1863?)Solomon Northup (1808-1863)

Setting

LouisianaUnited StatesMarylandBaltimoreMei guoAbuse ofLuisianaEstados UnidosNew YorkWashington19th centuryAntebellumJindaiSiglo XIX1810-1890

About the author

Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup

1808 – 1863

free-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders

Author

Solomon Northup

First published

1855

Pages

258

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

1,029

Languages

English, Spanish, Chinese

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN

9781540512468

Where to buy

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