Twelve Years a Slave - Illustrated Edition

by Solomon Thorthup, Frederick M. Coffin (Illustrator), Nathaniel Orr (Illustrator), David Wilson (Editor), Richard Craft (Introduction)

Overview

Twelve Years a Slave (Illustrated and Appendix, with Introduction): Narrative of Solomon Northup. Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details his being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157378844
Publisher:	RDC
Publication date:	01/12/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Solomon Northup was a free-born African American from New York. In 1841 he was kidnapped by slave-traders, having been enticed with a job offer as a violinist. When he accompanied his supposed employers to Washington, DC, they drugged him and sold him as a slave. He was shipped to New Orleans where he was sold to a plantation owner in Louisiana. He was held in the Red River region of Louisiana by several different owners for 12 years. He made repeated attempts to escape and get messages out of the plantation.

Richard Craft is an American author. Richard Craft also writes under the name William Frost. His book Killer Angel is a winner of the Flamingnet Top Choice Award!