Bibliograph

Twelve years a slave, Soloman Northup

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Twelve years a slave, Soloman Northup

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eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

historyautobiography

Main title

Twelve years a slave

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electronic resource

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Oclc number

812877930

Responsibility statement

Soloman Northup

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Tantor audio & eBook classics

Summary

Twelve Years a Slave is the autobiographical account of Solomon Northup, an African American who was born free in New York in the early 1800s. In 1841, Solomon Northup was captured and forced into slavery for a period of twelve years. Northup's account is detailed in its account of life on a cotton and sugar plantation and the daily routine of slave life during the first part of the 19th century. The book describes the daily life of slaves in Bayou Beof, their diet, the relationship between master and slave, the means that slave catchers used to recapture them, and the ugly realities that slaves suffered

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