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Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · 1855

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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.

Book details

Year
1855
Language
English
Publisher
Starling and Black Publications
Editions
988
Reader rating
4.4 / 5 (12)
Pages
500
ISBN
9781491038529

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