12 Years A Slave: A True Story (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

Solomon Northup was born free in New York, kidnapped and sold south, and he set down the twelve years that followed. His narrative records plantation labour, the men who bought and sold him, the violence used to enforce ownership and the constant work of concealing an identity that could have cost him his life. Written after his return, it stands as personal testimony and as primary historical evidence about slavery in the American South, and this deluxe hardbound edition presents the account in a durable collector's format. Between the covers: • Northup's first-hand record of abduction and twelve years in bondage • Detail on plantation labour, ownership and the daily machinery of slavery • A primary source used by historians of nineteenth-century America • Premium hardbound production intended to be kept and reread Recommended for history readers, students of civil rights and anyone studying American slavery through first-hand testimony. Available at Boipoka.