Twelve years a slave

by Northup, Solomon

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Title Statements

Full title :Twelve years a slave / Solomon Northup ; introduction by Philip S. Foner.

Summary

The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841, and spent most of the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. His years in this condition of servitude were filled with abuse, apprehension, and a profound fear for his life (he narrowly escaped lynching). Northup's years in captivity are dramatically recounted here, as are his attempts to bring charges against the men who originally abducted him. An educated man when he entered slavery, Northup was able to write about the institution as both an outsider and as one of its victims. The result was an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. A bestseller in its time, the work is "a moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Dover Publications
Place of Publication:Mineola, N.Y
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

Notes

Originally published: Auburn, N.Y. : Derby and Miller, 1853.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 336 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0486411435, 9780486411439, 9780329619299, 0329619292
oclc:ocm43095916
LC Classification:E444
Dewey Decimal:306.3/62/092

Subjects

African Americans African Americans -- Biography Autobiographie Autobiographies Biographies Enslaved persons -- Biography. -- Unite… Esclaves -- Biographies. -- États-Unis History Louisiana Noirs américains -- Biographies Northup, Solomon Plantation life Plantation life -- History -- 19th cent… Quelle Sklaverei Slaven (arbeid) Slavernij Slavery Slavery -- History -- 19th century. -- … Slaves