12 Years a Slave: A Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation

12 Years a Slave: A Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation
ISBN-10
1610279050
ISBN-13
9781610279055
Series
12 Years a Slave
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
2012-12-01
Author
Solomon Northup

Description

An inside account of life as a slave in rural Louisiana, written by a Northern free man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and sold into brutal slavery. Features additional interesting and rare images relating to Northup, such as the actual "manifest of slaves" from the ship that brought him in chains to New Orleans.

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