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12 years a slave : a true story of betrayal, kidnap and slavery / Solomon Northup.
- Title
- 12 years a slave : a true story of betrayal, kidnap and slavery / Solomon Northup.
- Author
- Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
- Publication
- London : Hesperus Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E444 .N87 2013c | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 199 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, and during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. This is his detailed description of slave life and plantation society.
- Alternative Title
- Twelve years a slave
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- History
- Fiktionale Darstellung
- Note
- Film tie-in.
- First published: 1853.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781843914716
- 1843914719
- OCLC
- 862879156
- SCSB-12570485
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library