Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

240 pages first pub 1853 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and ...

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Moods

emotional 71%
sad 69%
informative 66%
dark 62%
challenging 54%
reflective 44%
tense 32%
inspiring 25%
hopeful 12%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 28%
fast 14%

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4.2

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