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

A slave narrative published in 1853, this book recounts how Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York, was kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, sold into slavery, and held for twelve years on Louisiana plantations before being rescued in 1853.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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