Twelve years a slave

Twelve years a slave

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Born a free man in New York State in 1808 Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington D.C. in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. After regaining his freedom in 1853 Northup published this gripping account of his captivity. As an educated man Northup was able to present an exceptionally detailed description of slave life and plantation society. Indeed this book is probably the fullest most realistic picture of the 'peculiar institution' during the three decades before the Civil War. Northup tells his story both from the viewpoint of an outsider who had experienced thirty years of freedom and dignity in the United States before his capture and as a slave reduced to total bondage and submission

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