Twelve years a slave

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Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation.

subjects: Slavery,  Plantation life,  History,  Biography,  African Americans,  Slaves,  Slaves' writings, American,  Personal narratives,  Kidnapping victims,  Slaves, united states,  Louisiana, history,  African americans, biography,  Slaves' writings,  Slavery, united states, history,  Enslaved persons, united states,  Enslaved persons' writings,  Abuse of,  Large type books,  Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?,  Slaves' writing, American,  Slaves United States Biography,  African Americans Biography,  Northup, Solomon, 1808-,  Plantation life Louisiana History 19th century,  Slavery Louisiana History 19th century,  Chuan ji xiao shuo,  Slavery, united states, juvenile literature,  Slavery, united states,  African americans, biography, juvenile literature,  nyt:race-and-civil-rights=2014-12-07,  New York Times bestseller,  African Americans -- Biography,  Slaves -- United States -- Biography,  Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century,  Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century,  United states, history,  Abolitionists,  African American abolitionists,  Esclaves,  Biographies,  Noirs américains,  Écrits d'esclaves américains,  Esclavage,  Louisiane,  Histoire,  Vie dans les plantations,  Film adaptations,  History and criticism,  12 years a slave (Motion picture),  African-American Studies,  Personal Memoirs,  19th Century,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Anthropology,  General,  Regional Studies,  Sociology,  Louisiana, social conditions,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,  HISTORY / United States / 19th Century,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies,  nyt:hardcover-political-books=2014-01-12,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Ethnic Studies,  African American Studies,  Northup, solomon , 1808-1863?,  Slaves--united states--biography,  African americans--biography,  Plantation life--history,  Plantation life--louisiana--history--19th century,  Slavery--history,  Slavery--louisiana--history--19th century,  E444 .n87 2013b,  nyt:hardcover-political-books=2014-02-09,  nyt:hardcover-political-books=2014-05-11,  Sklaverei,  Autobiography and memoir,  History of north and south america,  Biografia,  Esclavos,  Historia,  Afronorteamericanos,  Esclavitud,  Plantaciones,  United States,  Architecture,  Enslaved persons' writings, American

People: Solomon Northup (b. 1808),  Solomon Northup,  Solomon Northup (1808-1863?)

Places: Louisiana,  United States,  Maryland,  Baltimore,  Mei guo,  Abuse of,  Luisiana,  Estados Unidos,  New York,  Washington

Times: 19th century,  Antebellum,  Jindai,  Siglo XIX,  1810-1890