
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....
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Community Press; First Edition edition (September 8, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1492368288
ISBN-13: 978-1492368281
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 594522
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As slave stories go, this one is, in my view, without peer. Northup's s captivating tale -- which has gained attention because of the movie that shares the book's title -- is told in exacting detail with an easy prose. He sets the stage masterfully, ...