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
by Northup, Solomon
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Auburn : Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855-01-01. 3rd. Hardcover. Acceptable. Octavo, 20 cm. Third edition, twenty-eighth thousand on title page. xvi, [17]-336 pp., 6 plates (including frontis.) Original blindstamped black cloth. Spine rebacked on modern cloth. Rubbing. Contemporary signature of of John Stires and later stamp of Frank E. Bord to front endpapers. Pages heavily foxed. Refs: Sabin 55847; Blockson 10165 (First edition) <br> First published in 1853, Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir and slave narrative of Solomon Northup as told to and complied by David Wilson. Northup was a black man who was born free in New York. His narrative tells of his kidnapping and sale into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before he was able to secretly get information to friends and family in New York, who in turn secured his release with the aid of the state. Northup's account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation and slave treatment on major plantations in Louisiana. <br> Northup's narrative confirmed Stowe's own fictional portray about slavery in Louisiana in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Northup's account describes the daily life of slaves at Bayou Boeuf in Louisiana, their diet and living conditions, the relationship between master and slave, and the means that slave catchers used to recapture runaways. In his narrative, Northup compared his life in slavery to his life as a free man in a free state. While there were hundreds of such kidnappings, he was among the few persons who gained freedom again. Northup's biography on his 12 year plight was the Best Picture Winner in the 2012 Academy Awards.
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- 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
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- Northup, Solomon
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- Auburn : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
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- 1855-01-01
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