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Can I read Twelve Years a Slave (Collins Classics) on EtoBox?
Twelve Years a Slave (Collins Classics) by Solomon Northup is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Twelve Years a Slave (Collins Classics) about?
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 edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, as well as describing at length cotton and sugar cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
Who reads Twelve Years a Slave (Collins Classics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Solomon Northup
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers UK
- Published
- 1853
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007580422
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (361 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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