Summary
"A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American historyBorn a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exc... Full description
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Northup, Solomon, > 1808-1863?
Slaves > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Plantation life > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
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