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12 years a slave

Solomon Northup

Publisher: Passerino

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"Twelve Years a Slave" is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup.

Solomon Northup (1808 – 1863) was an American abolitionist.

 
Available since: 10/29/2017.

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