02409cam a22003973u 4500 45631 UtSlPG 20260610134040.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 10034503 UtSlPG en iso639-1 E300 Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? 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 12 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 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Years_a_Slave Release date is 2014-05-11 Produced by Richard J. Shiffer and the Distributed Proofreading volunteers at http://www.pgdp.net for Project Gutenberg. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup is a memoir published in 1853. Northup, a free black man and musician from New York, recounts how he was deceived, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the Deep South. His narrative details twelve years of bondage on Louisiana plantations, documenting the brutal realities of slavery—from slave markets to plantation life—before finally securing his freedom. Published shortly after "Uncle Tom's Cabin," this firsthand account became a bestseller with 30,000 copies sold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified 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 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45631 86470 86470