Project Gutenberg 2014-05-11 Public domain in the USA. 3362 Northup, Solomon 1808 Northrup, Solomon Platt Northup, S. (Solomon) 10034503 Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana 12 Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana Produced by Richard J. Shiffer and the Distributed Proofreading volunteers at http://www.pgdp.net for Project Gutenberg. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book chronicles Northup's harrowing life experiences as a free man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, detailing his journey from a New Yorker to the depths of bondage in Louisiana. Northup aims to provide a truthful representation of slavery, its brutal realities, and the pervasive inhumanity he faced during his twelve years of captivity. At the start of the narrative, Northup reflects on his life before kidnapping, recounting his early freedom, family, and aspirations as a violinist and farmer. He describes a turning point when he meets two men who deceive him into traveling with them under false pretenses of employment with a circus. This fateful decision leads to his enslavement. After realizing he has been kidnapped and imprisoned, Northup describes the harrowing environment of the slave pen where he finds himself bound in chains and subjected to inhumane treatment. Through these opening chapters, readers gain insight into his thoughts, fears, and the deep sense of loss he experiences as he grapples with the reality of losing his freedom and family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45631/45631-h/images/cover.jpg en African Americans -- Biography Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography Enslaved persons' writings, American Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century E300 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 554198 554210 2024-09-19T07:06:23.849603 2023-09-20T03:36:08.132207 text/html text/html 568049 2015-01-01T07:59:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 892105 2015-01-01T07:59:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 863578 2024-09-19T07:06:32.800535 application/epub+zip 870363 2024-09-19T07:06:26.188572 application/epub+zip 289228 2024-09-19T07:06:24.761589 application/epub+zip 1032595 2024-09-19T07:06:38.240504 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 971738 2024-09-19T07:06:31.875589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391648 2022-09-20T19:03:56.176499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503849 503631 2024-09-19T07:06:22.953631 2023-09-20T03:36:07.182174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 503810 2015-01-01T07:59:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 195646 2015-01-01T07:59:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 503813 2015-01-01T07:59:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 195632 2015-01-01T07:59:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22037 2024-09-19T07:06:38.388513 application/rdf+xml 18711 2024-09-19T07:06:25.265572 image/jpeg 2464 2024-09-19T07:06:25.208582 image/jpeg 896790 2024-09-19T07:06:23.919587 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog