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050	0	0	_aE444 _b.N87 1968
082	0	0	_a301.45/22/09763
049			_aTEXA
090			_aE444 _b.N87 1968
100	1		_aNorthup, Solomon, _d1808-1863?
245	1	0	_aTwelve years a slave. _cEdited by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon.
264		1	_aBaton Rouge, _bLouisiana State University Press _c[1968]
300			_axxxviii, 273 pages _billustrations, facsimile, map _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
380			_aBibliography
490	1		_aThe Library of southern civilization
500			_aReprint of the 1853 edition.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThe story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841, and spent most of the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. His years in this condition of servitude were filled with abuse, apprehension, and a profound fear for his life (he narrowly escaped lynching). Northup's years in captivity are dramatically recounted here, as are his attempts to bring charges against the men who originally abducted him. An educated man when he entered slavery, Northup was able to write about the institution as both an outsider and as one of its victims. The result was an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. A bestseller in its time, the work is "a moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation.
650		0	_aPlantation life _zLouisiana.
650		0	_aSlavery _zLouisiana.
700	1		_aEakin, Sue L., _eeditor.
700	1		_aLogsdon, Joseph, _eeditor.
830		0	_aLibrary of Southern civilization.
938			_aBaker and Taylor _bBTCP _n68013454 //r872
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