12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

306 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical reflective slow-paced

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Full textPerhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, 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, ...

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