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Solomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River…
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Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a…
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Twelve Years a Slave is a profoundly compelling autobiography written by Solomon Northup, offering an unflinching account of his harrowing journey from freedom to enslavement and his subsequent fight for…
DISCOVER A TALE OF UNIMAGINABLE ADVERSITY
Twelve Years a Slave tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born man of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the…
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Solomon Northup’s memoir written in 1853 and now an award winning major motion picture. Mr. Northup recounts his powerful life story of being born a free man in New York…
In this riveting true story, Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr., masterfully transports us to 1840s New York, Louisiana,and Washington, DC, to experience the kidnapping and twelve-year bondage of Solomon…
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For use in schools and libraries only. Describes the life of Solomon Northup, a free Black man from Saratoga, N.Y., who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in…
True autobiography of an african-american which tells the horrific conditions of slaves in that era. In 1841, African American Solomon Northup, a free man, is kidnapped and forced into slavery…
Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup…
Twelve Years A Slave is about the story of Solomon Northup, a free negro in Saratoga Springs, New York who was a skilled carpenter and violinist. One day, Brown and…
The slave narrative is a literary sub-genre that emerged from the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean…
Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped and placed in an underground slave pen. He spent the next…
Solomon Northup was a farmer and a musician who was taken hostage and sold into slavery in 1841. In his first year of freedom, Northup wrote and published a memoir…
Twelve Years A Slave is a non-fiction memoir written by Solomon Northrop, a Black free-born carpenter, kidnapped and forced into slavery in the Deep South.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
First published in the United States of America by Derby and Miller, 1853 –T.p. verso.
Now a major motion picture! Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and…
Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born…
El mejor testimonio sobre la epoca mas sombria de la historia estadounidense son las desgarradoras memorias de Solomon Northup, un afroamericano nacido como hombre libre en Nueva York. Las escribio…
First published in 1853, ‘12 Years a Slave’ was written by Solomon Northup, an American abolitionist and the primary author of this memoir.
In 1841, Solomon Northup was seized and…
Twelve Years a Slave book, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red…
Solomon Northup was kidnapped and spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This narrative reveals how Northup survived the harsh conditions of slavery, including…
This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.‘s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes.
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First published in 1853 and now an Oscar-winning film, this is Simon Northup’s account of his shocking kidnapping in Washington City in 1841, his subjection to the horrors and atrocities…
This harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave, takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from the slave markets in…
The incredible true story of the kidnapping, enslavement, and rescue of Solomon Northup in the era before the Civil War–now a major motion picture!
Solomon Northup was born a free black man in upstate New York in 1808. By 1841, he had become a husband, a father, a raftsman, and a talented fiddle-player. That…
In 1841, free-born African American Solomon Northup was offered a job in his hometown of Saratoga Springs, New York. He followed his employers to the job site at Washington, D.C…
Unabridged value reproduction of Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, including the six original images, offered here for chump change. He was born free, kidnapped into slavery, and made…
Spanish translation of: Twelve years a slave.
