Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir by Solomon Northup, a free African-American man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War United States. The book provides a detailed account of his experiences and the brutal realities of slavery, offering a powerful narrative that has been influential in American literature and history.
Publisher
J. E. Potter and company
Publication year
18
ISBN-13
9798508239640
Subjects
American HistorySlaveryMemoir19th CenturyAfrican American LiteratureHuman RightsHistorical NarrativeCultural StudiesAutobiographySocial Justice
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