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Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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236 pages : 23 cm Twelve years a slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana [Originally published as Twelve years a slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana] This publication lacks the dedication note, contents page and editor's preface of the original edition, but includes appendix "A" a section of the 1840 statues or general laws of the State of New York on acts of kidnapping, and appendix "B" "Memorial of Anne." Auburn, N.Y. : Derby and Miller, 1853

Who reads Twelve Years a Slave?

Author

Solomon Northup

Publisher

[North Charleston, South Carolina]: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; [Lexington, Kentucky]: [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781499118124

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, Biography

Rating

4.16 / 5 (761 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14