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Twelve years a slave
by Solomon Northup
First Published
2009
Subjects
Slavery
Plantation life
History
Biography
African Americans
Slaves
Slaves' writings, American
Personal narratives
Kidnapping victims
Slaves, united states
Louisiana, history
African americans, biography
Slaves' writings
Slavery, united states, history
Enslaved persons, united states
Enslaved persons' writings
Abuse of
Large type books
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Slaves' writing, American
Slaves United States Biography
African Americans Biography
Northup, Solomon, 1808-
Plantation life Louisiana History 19th century
Slavery Louisiana History 19th century
Chuan ji xiao shuo
Slavery, united states, juvenile literature
Slavery, united states
African americans, biography, juvenile literature
nyt:race-and-civil-rights=2014-12-07
New York Times bestseller
African Americans -- Biography
Slaves -- United States -- Biography
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
United states, history
Description
Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation.