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Northup Solomon <1808-1863?, > |
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Titolo |
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 / / by Solomon Northup ; edited by David Wilson |
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Minneapolis, MN : , : First Avenue Editions, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 258 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Enslaved persons - United States |
Enslaved persons' writings, American |
African Americans |
Plantation life - Louisiana - History - 19th century |
Slavery - Louisiana - History - 19th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 1853. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Editor's Preface. -- Chapter I. -- Chapter II. -- Chapter III. -- Chapter IV. -- Chapter V. -- Chapter VI. -- Chapter VII. -- Chapter VIII. -- Chapter IX. -- Chapter X. -- Chapter XI. -- Chapter XII. -- Chapter XIII. -- Chapter XIV. -- Chapter XV. -- Chapter XVI. -- Chapter XVII. -- Chapter XVIII. -- Chapter XIX. -- Chapter XX. -- Chapter XXI. -- Chapter XXII. -- Roaring River -- Appendix -- Back Cover. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For more than thirty years, Solomon Northup lived in New York as a free man. But in 1841, while pursuing a job offer in Washington DC, Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being brutally beaten for insisting on his right to live freely, Northup grew silent about his past. It was not until twelve years later that he shared his story with Samuel Bass, a white abolitionist, setting in motion the chain of events that would finally bring him home in 1853. Penned in his first year of renewed freedom, Northup's memoir unveils the inconceivable |
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