Pub Date: November 1, 2013
Dewey: B
Lexile Code: 1200
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 7.60" L x 4.90" W ( 0.50 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Biography and Autobiography | Cultural and Regional | History | United States | 19th Century | Social Science | Enslavement | Cultural and Ethnic Studies | African American and Black Studies | Memoirs | Historical | Black Studies Global
Series: Hesperus Classics
Description: Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, and during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. This is his detailed description of slave life and plantation society.
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