Northup, Solomon, 1808-? Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the red river, in Louisiana.

GLC05840

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GLC#
GLC05840
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1853
Author/Creator
Northup, Solomon, 1808-?
Title
Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the red river, in Louisiana.
Place Written
Auburn, New York
Pagination
1 v. : 336 p. : ill. Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 13.2 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Slavery & Anti-slavery

Published in Auburn by Derby and Miller; Buffalo, New York by Derby, Orton and Mulligan; and Cincinnati, Ohio by Henry W. Derby. Woodcut illustrations. Northup dedicates the book to Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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