Twelve Years a Slave |
|
| Author:
| Northup, Solomon |
| ISBN: | 978-1-0886-4943-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
|
Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State--and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of twelve years--it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public. I can speak of Slavery only so far as it came under my own observation--only so far as...
More DescriptionHaving been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State--and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of twelve years--it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.
I can speak of Slavery only so far as it came under my own observation--only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person. My object is, to give a candid and truthful statement of facts: to repeat the story of my life, without exaggeration, leaving it for others to determine, whether even the pages of fiction present a picture of more cruel wrong or a severer bondage.
- Taken from "Twelve Years A Slave" written by Solomon Northup