Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. "A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation." - Saturday Review. 7 illustrations. Index.
| ISBN: | 9780486411439 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2003 |
| Author: | Solomon Northup |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | African American |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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