Twelve Years a Slave : Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853
(2013, original release: 1853)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/NORTHUP,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : 37Ink/Atria, 2013
EDITION
First 37 Ink / Atria Books hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xii, 300 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781476767345 (hardcover), 1476767343 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Originally published in 1853 as 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."--Title page verso
Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Solomon Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society
Includes a readers club guide questions for discussion