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12 Years a Slave

Published by Canterbury Classics
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

A testimony of personal strength and a telling portrait of American slavery in the pre-Civil War South.

When Solomon Northup, born a free black man in Saratoga, New York, was offered a short-term job with a circus in Washington, D.C., in 1841, he jumped at the opportunity. But when he arrived, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Finally, with the help of a Canadian abolitionist, he was rescued and reunited with his family in New York. In this memoir published in 1853, Northup tells the incredible story of his twelve years as a slave.

About The Author

Solomon Northup was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Canterbury Classics (March 15, 2014)
  • Length: 224 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781626862784

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