The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-10-20
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Twelve Years II slave.


laid-and his account Of this plantation,
and the mode OF life there, ana some Incl
dents which he describes form II striking
parallel to that history. Il Mis-. stowe, IN
her Key, p. Ia
THE NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NOR
THUP, u citizen OF New York, kidnapped in
Washington C'ty, in 1881, and kescued in
1858, from Cotton Plantation near the
Red River, in Louisiana.
LIST OF ILLUsTRATIoNs.
Portrait Of Solomon in his plantat n suit.
Scene In the slave pen ut ashingtOn.
Separation of Eliza and her last child.
Chaplin rescues Solomon from hanging.
The staking out anu hogging of the glrl
Pa,sey.
Scene in the cotton field
Arrival home, and first meeting with his
wife and children.
One handsome l2mO. poi., $50 PIP. 81 90
READ WHAT THE REVIEWERS SAY.
The narrative will be read with interest
by every one who can sympathlze with II
human being struggling tor treedom.-
Buffalo Courier.
The volume cannot fail to gain wide cir
.culatiOn. Ii will be read extensively both
at the North and South. No one can con-
template the scenes which are here SO na
turally set forth, without a new conviction
of the hideousness of the institution from
which the subject of the narrative has hap
PLY escaped.-.E Y. Tribune.
What Il tale it tells; what inexpressible
reproofs against Slavery what occasion for
shame and tears on the part of all. We
think the story as affecting as any tale of
sorrow could be. We believe it perusal will
not only excite an absorbing interest, but
ints ~, h.. -
gent anti slavery sentiment Of the country.
~ Y. Evangelist.
Next to Uucle Toms Cabin, the extraor-
dinary Narrative of Solomon Northup is the
most remarkable book that was ever issued
from the American Press. Indeed it is
even more extraordinary work than that,
because it is simple unvarnshed tale Of
the experience OF an American freeman Of
, the " blessings Of slavery, while Mrs.
Stoves Uncle Tom IS only an ingenius and
powerfully wrought novel, intended to il
lustrate what solomon saw and experience
ed, Southern Slavery in its various phases.
Detroit Tribune.
This is one of the most exciting narra-
tives, full of thrilling incidents urtlessly
told, with all the marks of truth. Such
q tale is more powerful than any fiction
which can be conceived and elaborated.
There are no depicted scenes in Uncle
Tom" more tragic, horrible, and pathetic,
than the incidents compassed in the twelve
years of this man life in slavery Cm
JOurndi.
He who with an unbiased mind sits down
to the perusal Of this book, will arise per.
fectly satisfied that American Slavery is
hell Of torments yet untold, and feel like
devOting the energies OF his life to its extir.
vln n trlln fh.lt nf ...ls I.tn Ma,
Chronicle.
The book is one of most absorbing inter
est.-PitSourgh Dispatch.
1t is one of the most effective books against
slavery tnat was ever written Archy
Moore and :" Uncle Tom are discre,ii ed
by many rs g 'ronances but how the
apVlOgIsts for The Institution can dlsl sc ot
NOrthup we are curious 10 see. -.>yr. JOHr.
1t is we'll tOtl, AMI GEARS internal evidence
of being II clear statement OF ftcts There
is no attempt ut display, but the events are
so graphicaliy portrayed, that the interest
in the perusal is deep and undated to t.e
last Some of the scenes have Il fearful and
exciting power IN their dehneation. The
sunshine Of kind treatment sheis few
broad beams athwnrt tn dark canvass OF
twelve years of bondage, but IN the main
the darker cruelty and w.ckedness of op-
lpression is still more revolving by the con.
rtrast.-CayUga ChicJ.
lit is u strange history. its truth is far
stranger than fiction. Think OF it For
thirty years man, with all min hopes,
fears aud aspiritions-with IA wiie and Ia.
lm;ly-with home. humble it may be, but
still u nome, beneath the shelter Of whose
root none had right to mnlest or make him
afraid-then for twelve years Ming, Il
,chattel personal, cassed with mules and
horses. and treated with less consideration
than they, torn from his home aud family,
and the free labor by which he earned their
bread, an driven to unremtting, uhre.
Quilted toll in "A cotton field, under II hurn-
ing southern sun, by the lash Of IN inhu-
m III master. Oh it is horrible. 1t chills
the blood to think that such things are
Fred. DOngidss' Paptr.
1t comes before US with highly ~especta-
bic vouchers, and is PLAIN and simple
statement of what happened to the author
while in bondage to southern masters
While We concede to the south all privileges
in respect to slavery which are guaranteed
to them by the Constitution, we are free to
speak of its evils and when particular in
stances ofinhuman treatment of slaves come
to our notice we shall remark upon them as
we please. 1t is n well told story, full of
interest, and may be said to be the reality
Of" life among the lowly."-Buf Com. ..fdr
Let it be read by all those good easy souls
who think slavery is, on the whole, good
thing. Let it be read by all who think that
although slavery is politically and econo-
mically bad thing, it is not very bad for
slaves. Let it be read by those NJ. C.'s and
and supporters who are always ready to give
their votes in aid Of slavery and the slave
trade with all the kidnapping inseparable
from it Let it be read, too, by our south
ern friends. who pity with so much Christ
ian sensibility, the wretched condition of
the free negroes at the north, and rejoice ut
the enviable condition of their own slaves.
w. Y independent.
Published by
DERBY & MILLER. Auburn, ". Y.