12 Years a Slave
Subtitle: A true story of betrayal, kidnap, and slavery
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781843914716
Description: Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, and during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. This is his detailed description of slave life and plantation society.