Twelve Years A Slave
eBook - ePub

Twelve Years A Slave

With an Introductory Chapter by Frederick Douglass

  1. 274 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Twelve Years A Slave

With an Introductory Chapter by Frederick Douglass

About this book

Solomon Northup (born c.1807) was an American abolitionist and author. Born free to a freed slave and a free African American woman, he was a professional violinist, farmer and landowner until he was offered a job as a musician in Washington D.C., where he was drugged and kidnapped by slavers. He was sold to a painter in New Orleans and remained in bondage for 12 years until a Canadian plantation worker alerted the authorities in New York. He was emancipated on January 3, 1853, although his captors where never brought to justice. Northup chronicled his harrowing experience in this historic memoir, which was adapted into the 2013 Oscar-winning film of the same name. A moving memoir that deserves a place on every bookshelf and will appeal to those with an interest in this dark chapter of American history. Read & Co. History is proud to be republishing this classic slave narrative now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter by Frederick Douglass.

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Table of contents

  1. MY ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY
  2. PREFACE
  3. CHAPTER I
  4. CHAPTER II
  5. CHAPTER III
  6. CHAPTER IV
  7. CHAPTER V
  8. CHAPTER VI
  9. CHAPTER VII
  10. CHAPTER VIII
  11. CHAPTER IX
  12. CHAPTER X
  13. CHAPTER XI
  14. CHAPTER XII
  15. CHAPTER XIII
  16. CHAPTER XIV
  17. CHAPTER XV
  18. CHAPTER XVI
  19. CHAPTER XVII
  20. CHAPTER XVIII
  21. CHAPTER XIX
  22. CHAPTER XX
  23. CHAPTER XXI
  24. CHAPTER XXII
  25. ROARING RIVER
  26. APPENDIX