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Book/Printed Material Twelve 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

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Title

  • Twelve 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

Names

  • Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
  • Wilson, D. (David), 1818-1887

Created / Published

  • New York : C.M. Saxton, 1859.

Headings

  • -  Plantation life

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • xvi, [17]-336 p. incl. front. (port.) 6 pl. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E444 .N872

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 13004011

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Northup, Solomon, ?, and D Wilson. Twelve years a slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in , and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana. New York: C.M. Saxton, 1859. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/13004011/.

APA citation style:

Northup, S. & Wilson, D. (1859) Twelve years a slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in , and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana. New York: C.M. Saxton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/13004011/.

MLA citation style:

Northup, Solomon, ?, and D Wilson. Twelve years a slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in , and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana. New York: C.M. Saxton, 1859. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/13004011/>.