Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative 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
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Northup's firsthand account of being kidnapped into slavery from free New York reads with the immediacy of eyewitness testimony, documenting the industrial machinery of human bondage with devastating specificity. His narrative refuses sentimentality, instead offering the cold precision of someone determined to be believed.
About this book
Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative 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 is an ebook by Solomon Northup. It dates from 1853. This edition runs to roughly 244 pages, about 5 hours of reading at a typical pace.
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Solomon Northup has one book in the BigBookHub catalogue: Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Cit….
