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 (Classic Reprint)
Solomon Northup recounts his kidnapping from New York and twelve years of enslavement on a Louisiana cotton plantation before his rescue.
About This Book
This volume presents the personal narrative of Solomon Northup, a free citizen of New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
The account details his twelve years of forced labor on a cotton plantation in Louisiana before his rescue in 1853.
Originally published in 1853, the text offers a primary-source perspective on the institution of slavery in the United States.
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