Solomon Northup

12 Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup

Publisher Marketing: 12 Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup by 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 - Many of the statements contained in the following pages are corroborated by abundant evidence-others rest entirely upon Solomon's assertion. That he has adhered strictly to the truth the editor, at least, who has had an opportunity of detecting any contradiction or discrepancy in his statements, is well satisfied. He has invariably repeated the same story without deviating in the slightest particular, and has also carefully perused the manuscript, dictating an alteration wherever the most trivial inaccuracy has appealed. It was Solomon's fortune, during his captivity, to be owned by several masters. The treatment he received while at the "Pine Woods" shows that among slaveholders there are men of humanity as well of cruelty. Some of them are spoken of with emotions of gratitude-others in a spirit of bitterness. It is believed that the following account of his experience on Bayou Boeuf presents a correct picture of Slavery in all its lights, and shadows, as it now exists in that locality. Unbiased, as he conceives, by any prepossessions or prejudices, the only object of the editor has been to give a faithful history of Solomon Northup's life, as he received it from his lips. Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/2001 pg. 1100 (EAN 9780486411439, Paperback) Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 103 (EAN 9781843914716, Paperback) Audio File 02/01/2014 pg. 26 (EAN 9781482916171, Compact Disc) Audio File 02/01/2014 pg. 26 (EAN 9781482916195, Compact Disc) Library Journal 05/15/2013 pg. 45 (EAN 9781624063435, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Northup, Solomon Solomon Northup was a free man living and working in New York in the years before the Civil War. He was kidnapped and enslaved in 1841 and freed twelve years later in 1853. He lived the rest of his life as a free man, but the date and nature of his death are to this day unknown.