Twelve Years a Slave
and the Emancipation Proclamation
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Fiction & Literature, Classics, Historical
| Author: | Solomon Northup, Abraham Lincoln | ISBN: | 9781622971916 |
| Publisher: | Seedbox Press, LLC | Publication: | February 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Solomon Northup, Abraham Lincoln |
| ISBN: | 9781622971916 |
| Publisher: | Seedbox Press, LLC |
| Publication: | February 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana. The memoir has been developed into an award-winning motion picture.
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana. The memoir has been developed into an award-winning motion picture.
