12 years a slave by solomon northup - solomon northup

Solomon Northups memoir written in 1853 and now an award winning major motion picture.

Northup recounts his powerful life story of being born a free man in New York, kidnapped and forced into slavery for twelve years and then freed and reunited with his wife and children.

12 YEARS A SLAVE: NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NORTHUP, A CITIZEN OF NEW-YORK, KIDNAPPED IN WASHINGTON CITY IN 1841 AND RESCUED IN 1853, FROM A COTTON PLANTATION NEAR THE RED RIVER IN LOUISIANA.

A moving, vital testament to one of slaverys many thousands gone who retained his humanity in the depths of degradation.

It is also a chilling insight into the peculiar institution.

-Saturday Review.