02428cam a2200445 i 4500 532099932 TxAuBib 080507s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781604592160 1604592168 9781604592153 pbk. 160459215X pbk. (OCoLC)227170449 LNW eng LNW BAKER VUE OCLCA OCLCQ AR9 OCLCA BDX OCLCO OCLCA NHA OCLCA OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO DILBD OCL TxAuBib rda Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? Twelve years a slave / by Solomon Northup. Radford, Va. : Wilder Publications, 2008. 142 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: Auburn, N.Y. : Derby and Miller, 1853. "An African American Heritage book.". The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841, and spent most of the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. His years in this condition of servitude were filled with abuse, apprehension, and a profound fear for his life (he narrowly escaped lynching). Northup's years in captivity are dramatically recounted here, as are his attempts to bring charges against the men who originally abducted him. An educated man when he entered slavery, Northup was able to write about the institution as both an outsider and as one of its victims. The result was an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. A bestseller in its time, the work is "a moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation. Northup, Solomon 1808-1863. 1800-1899. Slaves United States Biography. Slaves. African Americans Biography. African Americans. Plantation life Louisiana History 19th century. Plantation life. Slavery Louisiana History 19th century. Slavery. Slaves' writings, American. Louisiana. United States. Biography. History.