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Solomon Northup (July 10, 1807 or 1808 - 1863) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color. A farmer and a professional violinist, Northup had been a landowner in Hebron, New York. In 1841, he was offered a traveling musician's job and went to Washington, D.C. (where slavery was legal); there he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold as a slave. He was shipped to New Orleans, purchased by a planter, and held as a slave for 12 years in the Red River region of Louisiana, mostly in Avoyelles Parish. He remained a slave until he met a Canadian working on his plantation who helped get word to New York, where state law provided aid to free New York citizens who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery.
| ISBN-13 | 9781726121965 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1726121968 |
| Weight | 0.85 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.50 x 0.34 x 11.02 In |
| List Price | $9.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 158 pages |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Published On | 2018-08-23 |
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