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- catalog abstract "The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841, and spent most of the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. His years in this condition of servitude were filled with abuse, apprehension, and a profound fear for his life (he narrowly escaped lynching). Northup's years in captivity are dramatically recounted here, as are his attempts to bring charges against the men who originally abducted him. An educated man when he entered slavery, Northup was able to write about the institution as both an outsider and as one of its victims. The result was an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. A bestseller in its time, the work is "a moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation.".
- catalog contributor b568243.
- catalog contributor b568244.
- catalog contributor b568245.
- catalog contributor b568246.
- catalog contributor b568247.
- catalog created "[1968]".
- catalog date "1968".
- catalog date "[1968]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1968]".
- catalog description "Bibliographical footnotes.".
- catalog description "The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841, and spent most of the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. His years in this condition of servitude were filled with abuse, apprehension, and a profound fear for his life (he narrowly escaped lynching). Northup's years in captivity are dramatically recounted here, as are his attempts to bring charges against the men who originally abducted him. An educated man when he entered slavery, Northup was able to write about the institution as both an outsider and as one of its victims. The result was an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. A bestseller in its time, the work is "a moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation.".
- catalog extent "xxxviii, 273 p.".
- catalog identifier "0807101508 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "080710633X".
- catalog isPartOf "The Library of southern civilization".
- catalog issued "1968".
- catalog issued "[1968]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press".
- catalog spatial "Louisiana.".
- catalog subject "E444 .N87 1968".
- catalog subject "Plantation life Louisiana.".
- catalog subject "Slavery Louisiana.".
- catalog title "Twelve years a slave. Edited by Sue Eakin & Joseph Logsdon.".
- catalog type "text".