Twelve Years a Slave-Autobiography of Solomon Northup

By: Northup, Solomon

Solomon Northup's 12 Years a Slave recounts the author's life story as a free black man from the North who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South.The son of an emancipated slave, Northup was born free. He lived, worked, and married in upstate New York, where his family resided. He was a multifaceted laborer and also an accomplished violin player. In 1841, two con men offered him lucrative work playing fiddle in a circus, so...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08C97X5HS
• ISBN13: 9798663915120
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"