Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853
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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. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
Subjects
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans -- Biography
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
History
Northup, Solomon
Northup, Solomon, -- 1808-1863?
Plantation life
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
Slavery
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
African Americans -- Biography
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
History
Northup, Solomon
Northup, Solomon, -- 1808-1863?
Plantation life
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
Slavery
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
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9781492368281
9781508426158
9781476767345
9781492389545
9781508426158
9781476767345
9781492389545
Lexile measure:
1200L
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-10-12 18:08:01PM |
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Starry Night Publishing.com
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African Americans -- Biography
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Northup, Solomon, -- 1808-1863?
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Northup, Solomon, -- 1808-1863?
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
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Twelve years a slave : narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853
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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 / Solomon Northup
Twelve years a slave : narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853 / Solomon Northup (b. 1808) ; introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, PhD
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 / by Solomon Northup
Twelve years a slave : narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853 / Solomon Northup (b. 1808) ; introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, PhD
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 / by Solomon Northup
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Twelve years a slave
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narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853
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African Americans
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons' writings, American
History
Northup, Solomon
Plantation life
Slavery
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons' writings, American
History
Northup, Solomon
Plantation life
Slavery
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