Twelve years a slave

By Solomon Northup

Subjects: Enslaved persons, united states, Slaves' writings, American, Biography, Plantation life, African americans, biography, African Americans, New York Times bestseller, Slavery, Slavery, united states, history, Enslaved persons' writings, Louisiana, history, Slaves, nyt:hardcover-political-books=2014-02-09, History

Description: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.