Format:
Book
Author:
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Title:
12 years a slave : a true story of betrayal, kidnap and slavery / Solomon Northup.
Publisher, Date:
London : Hesperus Press, 2013.
Description:
199 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary:
Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, and during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. This is his detailed description of slave life and plantation society.
Subjects:
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Enslaved persons -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Abuse of.
Other Title:
Twelve years a slave
Notes:
Film tie-in.
First published: 1853.
ISBN:
9781843914716
1843914719
Other Number:
862879156
System Availability:
3
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
3
Control Number:
399823
Call Number:
BIO Northup
Course Reserves:
0
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3
# System items in:
3