Bibliograph

Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates ; foreword by Steve McQueen

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Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates ; foreword by Steve McQueen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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autobiography

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Twelve years a slave

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates ; foreword by Steve McQueen

Summary

"A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. Born a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life--perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave"--, Provided by publisher

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12 years a slave

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