Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup

184 pages first pub 1853 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841, and spent most of the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. His years in...

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