Twelve Years a Slave: Including; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Northup Solomon
Twelve Years a Slave: Including; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass



Издательство: Wordsworth
Жанр: Wordsworth

Качество: Хорошее
Страниц: 368
Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

This edition also includes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping in Washington, D.C. and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana by various masters, Northup was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Northup's account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.

 

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