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Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave( )
Author: Northup, Solomon
Editor: Gates, Henry Louis
Series title:Norton Critical Editions Ser.
ISBN:978-0-393-26424-1
Publication Date:Dec 2016
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.50
Book Description:

This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup's harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kevin Burke's introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes.

Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, Nc, Sc, Tn, Va, Wv)
History / United States / General
Social Science / Slavery
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.507 x 0.819 x 0.078 Inches
Book Weight:0.895 Pounds
Author Biography
Northup, Solomon (Author)
Solomon Northup was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York. He is noted for having been kidnapped in 1841 when enticed with a job offer. When he accompanied his supposed employers to Washington, DC, they drugged him and sold him into slavery. From Washington, DC, he was transported to New Orleans where he was sold to a plantation owner from Rapides Parish, Louisiana. After 12 years in bondage, he regained his freedom in January 1853.

Solomon Northup's memoir was reprinted several times later in the 19th century. An annotated version was published in 1968; the memoir was adapted and produced as a 2013 film by the same name by Steve McQueen, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup. Since 1999, Saratoga Springs, New York, has celebrated an annual Solomon Northup Day on the third Saturday in July.

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