12 Years a Slave By Solomon Northup

Feb 25, 2024

12 Years a Slave By Solomon Northup pdf book download from here free. “12 Years a Slave” is an autobiographical account penned by Solomon Northup, a free-born African American from New York. Published in 1853, the book narrates the chilling tale of Northup’s abduction in Washington, D.C., where he was deceived into slavery and sold in the Deep South.

For 12 agonizing years, Northup endured slavery in Louisiana until he managed to covertly send word to his friends and family in New York, who eventually secured his freedom. His memoir offers a detailed depiction of the slave markets in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, and provides a comprehensive account of the cultivation of cotton and sugar, as well as the treatment of slaves on major plantations in Louisiana.