Twelve years a slave
by Gates, Henry Louis Jr, Berlin, Ira, Northup, Solomon, McQueen, Steve
fromPenguin classics
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Type: Book
Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast mo…