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Can I read Twelve Years a Slave on EtoBox?
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup [Northup, Solomon] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Twelve Years a Slave 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?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Solomon Northup [Northup, Solomon]
- Publisher
- Feedbooks
- Published
- 1853
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (761 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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