ISBN:
9781927970560
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (110 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Northup, Solomon Twelve Years a Slave (Illustrated) (Inkflight) : Narrative of Solomon Northup
DDC:
306.36209200000002
Keywords:
Slaves--United States--Biography
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This narrative reveals how Northup survived the harsh conditions of slavery, including smallpox, lashings, and an attempted hanging
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