12 Years A Slave

by Solomon Northup

Overview

A testimony of personal strength and a telling portrait of American slavery in the pre-Civil War South.

When Solomon Northup, born a free black man in Saratoga, New York, was offered a short-term job with a circus in Washington, D.C., in 1841, he jumped at the opportunity. But when he arrived, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Finally, with the help of a Canadian abolitionist, he was rescued and reunited with his family in New York. In this memoir published in 1853, Northup tells the incredible story of his twelve years as a slave.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781915932235
Publisher:	Global Publishers
Publication date:	09/24/2023
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	530,529
File size:	557 KB

About the Author

Solomon Northup was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.