The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-10-13
Fourteenth Thousand Now Ready.
Twelve Years n Slave.

NAtiC A4C eNtils Ol l ACl- ON captivity Wus
laid-and his accouu, Of this plantation
and the mode Of life there, and some Incl.
dents which he describes form u striking
parallel to that history. II Mrs. stowe, in
her Key, 2. III
THE NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NOR
THUP, a c.!izon OF New York, kidnapped in
WashIngton C'ty. in 1881, and Rescued in
1858, from Cotton Plantation near the
Red River, in Louisiana.
LIST OF LLUsTR ATOMS.
Portrait Of Solomon in his plantation suit.
Scene in the slave pen nt Washington.
Separation of Eliza and her last child.
Chaplin rescucs solomon from hanging.
The staking-out and Hogsing Of the girl
Patsey.
Scene in the cotton field.
Arrival home, and first meeting with his
wife and children.
One handsome l2mo. pOl., 350pp. 81 90
READ WHAT THE REVIEWERS SAY.
The narrative will be read with interest
by every one who can sympathize with II
human being struggling Tor treedoU.-
Buffalo Courier.
The volume cannot fail to gain a wide cir
culation. 1t 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 new conviction
of the hideOusness Of the institution from
which the subject of the narrative has nap
PLY escaped ~. y. IriJUne.
What II tale it tells; what ineXpressible
reproots against Slavery what occasion for
shame and tears on the part VI all We
think the story as affecting as any tale Of
sorrow could be. We believe ii perusal will
not only excite an absorbing interes., but
minister powerfully to the sound, ntelli-
gent anti slavery sentiment OF the country.
~ \. EcangeIaSt
Next to uucle Toms Cabin, the extr lor.
binary Narrative Of Solomon Northup is Il
most remarka ble book that was ever issued
from the American Press. Indeed it is
even more extraordinary work than that,
because ii is IA simple unyarWshed tale Of
the experience of an American II eenlan Of
the - blessings of slavery, while Mrs.
Stoves Uncle Tom IS only an ngenus and
powerfully wrought novel, intended 10 IL
lustrate what solomon saw and experience
ed, Southern Slavery in its various phases.
Detroit tribune.
This is one Of the most exciting nara
tiyes, full OF thrilling incidents urtlessl
told, with all the marks Of truth. Slch
tale is more powerful than any fiction
There are no depicted scenes in " Uncle
Pom" more tragic, horrible, ani pathetic
than the incidents comlasSed in the twe.n
years Of this man lie in slavery
Journal.
He who with an unbiased mind sits down
to the perusal Of this book, will arise per
fectly satisfied that American Slavery is a
hell of torments yet untold, and feel like
deyoting the energies OF his life to its extir-
patton from the face OF Gods earth.-Ece.
Chronicle.
The book is one Of most absorbing inter-
est.-Pi.tsdurgh Dispatch.
1t is one Of til Z most effective books against
slavery tnat was ever written. 'Archy
Moore and Uncle Tom" are discredIted
by many rs romances;' but how the
apologsts for the institution can dlsI csc Of
Northup We are curious to see. -Syr. JOur. .
1t is we'll told and bears internal evidence
Of being Il clear statement OF facts. There
is no attempt ut display, but the events are
SO graphically portray ed, that The interest
in the perusal is deep and unabated to the
last. Some of the scenes have a fearful and
exciting power in their deiineation The
sunshine of kind treatment sheds a few
broad beams athwnrt tn dark canvass of
twelve years of bondage; but IN the main
the darker cruelty and wickedness OF op-
preston is still! more revolving by the con-
trast.-Cdyuga ct;t5.
1t is 4 strange history. its truth is far
stranger thaa uctlgn. link OF it For
thirty years Muis, With All II mans hopes,
fears and p.TatUns-"Ith II vile and la
mily--vlgA home, Aumble it may be, but
still a A0ale, beneath the shelter Of whose
roof none had a !glt to molest or make him
a!ra.d-taen for twelve years a Ming,
chuttel personal, classed with mules and
hon ses. and treated with less consideration
than they. torn from his home and family :,
and the free labor by which he earned their
bread, M driven to unremitting, uhre
Quilted toll in "A cotton field, under II burn
ing southern sun, by the lash of an inhu-
man master. Oh it is horrible 1t chills
the blood to think that such things are
Fred DOugiass Paper.
1t comes before US with highly respecta-
bic vouchers, and is a 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 ofiuhuman treatment Of slaves come
to our notice we shall remark upon them a s
we please. 1t is well told story. full of
interest, and may be said to be the reality
of" life among the lowly. y."-BuF Com .4dr
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 q 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 inseparablc
from it Let it be read, too, by our ,outh-
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.
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