Twelve Years a Slave
Contributors: Joseph Logsdon (Editor)
Edition: Louisiana paperback edition, 1975
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780807101506
Subjects: Black studies; Slavery & emancipation; Plantation life; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Slavery; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; United States - 19th Century; Louisiana
First sentence: Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State-and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of twelve years-it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.