Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

352 pages first pub 1853 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next 12 harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often ...

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