Twelve Years a Slave
New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: xxxvi, 240 pages : illustrations, music ; 20 cm.
"A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. Born a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life--perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Penguin classics.
Subjects:
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
African Americans -- Biography.
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
African Americans -- Biography.
Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
0143106708
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Northup, Solomon | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Northup, Solomon | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Northup, Solomon | Ballentine Indoors | Display, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Northup, Solomon | Edgewood | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Northup, Solomon | St. Andrews Indoors | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Northup, Solomon | Southeast | Biography | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.