Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
- Length
- 39 mornings, about 2,000 words a reading
About the book
Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free Black man from New York State who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. It was published in 1853, the year he regained his freedom, and is dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Northup told his story to David Wilson, a lawyer and writer, who wrote it down; Wilson’s short preface explains how they worked and says Northup checked the manuscript.
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