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 in Louisiana before his rescue and return north.
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 plantations in Louisiana before his rescue and return to freedom.
Originally published in 1853, the text offers a primary-source perspective on the institution of slavery in the United States.
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