num_pages: 224
description: The best firsthand account of the slavery experience, this autobiographical story, originally published in 1853, has been rewritten to make it accessible to younger readers. Northup, a family man and hack driver in upstate New York, was kidnapped, whisked away from his home, and sold into slavery.
language: English
title: Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave: 1841-1853 re-written version for young readers
titlecomplete: Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave: 1841-1853 re-written version for young readers
ratings_count: 60
publisher: Pelican Publishing