Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is the powerful narrative memoir from Solomon Northup, a northern freeman who was was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south. Under the inhumane barbarity of ruthless masters, and through years of inconceivable suffering, Northup’s innate goodness shines through in this extraordinary account of human resiliency.

About the author

Solomon Northup (1807-1867) was an American author, farmer, and musician from upstate New York. He was born a free black man, and supported his family working as a laborer after selling his family farm. His reputation as a talented fiddler was well known, and he was recruited to join a circus as a musician; the job, however was a setup. Northup was drugged and kidnapped, sold into bondage and sent to Louisiana, where he was enslaved for twelve years. His chronicle of that experience, Twelve Years a Slave (1853) made Northup a national celebrity.

Product details

• Authors: Solomon Northrup, Northrup Solomon
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2020
• EAN: 9781513266145
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-6614-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—Black Narratives; Mint Editions (Black Narratives); Black Narratives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, Biography: historical, political and military, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Relating to African American / Black American people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black