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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · February 18, 2013
Reading lane: Black Historical Fiction
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At a Glance
Who It's For
Book Details
- Authors
- Solomon Northup
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- February 18, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Black Historical Fiction · Black & African American Lives
- Reading lane
- Black Historical Fiction
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Publisher Categories
Cultural Heritage Lives
Lives in History
Civil War Era
Black History
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African American Studies
About This Book
Here is the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York. He was kidnaped by unscrupulous slave hunters and sold into slavery where he endured unimaginable degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years later. A powerful and riveting condemnation of American slavery.
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