12 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.
Solomon Northrup was a free man until he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This story tell how he survived the harsh conditions of a Louisiana plantation, and the daily life of slaves.
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- ISBN: 9781927970089
- ISBN: 1927970083
- Physical Description: 198 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Engage Books, 2013.
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General Note: | "First published by Derby & Miller in 1853"--P. facing t.p. |
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Solomon Northrup was a free man until he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This story tell how he survived the harsh conditions of a Louisiana plantation, and the daily life of slaves.