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Solomon Northup 
Twelve Years a Slave 
Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853

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After living as a free man for the first thirty-three years of his life, Solomon Northup was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, leaving behind a wife and three children in New York. Sold to a Louisiana plantation owner who was also a Baptist preacher, Northup proceeded to serve several masters, some who were brutally cruel and others whose humanity he praised. After years of bondage, he met an outspoken abolitionist from Canada who notified Northup’s family of his whereabouts, and he was subsequently rescued by an official agent of the state of New York.
Twelve Years a Slave is his account of this unusual series of events. Northup describes life on cotton and sugar cane plantations in meticulous detail. One slave narrative scholar calls his narrative ‘one of the most detailed and realistic portraits of slave life.’ He also leavens his account with wry humor and cultural commentary, making many parts of the narrative read more like travel writing than abolitionist literature.
Twelve Years a Slave presents the remarkable story of a free man thrown into a hostile and foreign world, who survived by his courage and cunning.



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Solomon Northup was a renowned fiddle player who was kidnapped and enslaved for twelve years before he was rescued by an official agent from the state of New York.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 228 ● ISBN 9780807869444 ● File size 3.0 MB ● Publisher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library ● City Chapel Hill ● Country US ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6468935 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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