Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup Paperback

Description: Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Northup, Solomon Publisher: LSU Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 312 Dimensions: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.70d Product Weight: 0.82 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780807101506 Solomon Northup was a free man, the son of an emancipated Negro Slave. Until the spring of 1841 he lived a simple, uneventful life with his wife and three children in Upstate New York. Then, suddenly, he fell victim to a series of bizarre events that make this one of the most amazing autobiographies ever written.Northup accepted an offer from two strangers in Saratoga, New York, to catch up with their traveling circus and play in its band. But when the chase ended, Northup had been drugged, beaten, and sold to a slave trader in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he was shipped to New Orleans, where he was purchased by a planter in the Red River region of Louisiana. For the next twelve years Northup lived as a chattel slave under several masters. He might well have died a slave, except for another set of bizarre circumstances which enabled him to get word to his family and finally regain his freedom.These elements alone -- the kidnapping, enslavement, and rescue -- are sufficient for a sensational story. But Northup provides more. He was a shrewd observer of people and events. His memory was remarkable. He described cultivation of cotton and sugar in the Deep South. He detailed the daily routine and general life of the Negro slave. Indeed, he vividly portrayed the world of slavery -- from the underside.Originally published in 1853, Northup's autobiography is regarded as one of the best accounts of American Negro slavery ever written by a slave. It is reprinted in full here for the first time, as the initial volume in The Library of Southern Civilization.Northup's account has been carefully checked by the editors and has been found to be remarkably accurate. To his own narrative of a long and tragic adventure, Professors Eakin and Logsdon have added significant new details about Northup and the plantation country where he spent most of his time as a slave. Heretofore unknown information about the capture and trial of Northup's kidnappers has been included, adding still another fascinating episode to an already astounding story.   Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer

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Book Title: LSU Press

Number of Pages: 312 Pages

Publication Name: Twelve Years a Slave

Language: English

Publisher: LSU

Item Height: 0.9 in

Publication Year: 1968

Subject: Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 19th Century, United States / General, Historical, African American

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Author: Solomon Northup

Subject Area: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Length: 8.5 in

Series: Library of Southern Civilization Ser.

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback