Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details his being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. 12 Years a SlaveNarrative 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
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.
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This illustrated edition of "Twelve Years a Slave" includes:Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.
"A memoir of a black man who was born a citizen of New York, kidnapped and sold as a slave in 1841, and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853"--
and at Glens Falls; that this deponent then know Mintus Northup, a black or colored man; he was then a free man, as this deponent believes and always understood; that the wife of said Mintus Northup, andmother of Solomon, wasafree woman ...
This Edition of Twelve Years A Slave is the Original 1853 Edition and Is Annotated.
Twelve Years a Slave and Other Slave Narratives
This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition.
This edition includes the full book as well as a comprehensive companion with historical notes, character overview, themes overview, and chapter summaries.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Twelve Years a Slave is both modern and readable.