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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NARRATIVES.) NORTHUP, SOLOMON.
Twelve Years a Slave. The Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New
York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1844.
Frontispiece portrait, and six inserted
plate; binding worn, some occasional foxing throughout. Auburn, NY, 1854
[600/900]
AN ACCEPTABLE COPY OF AN EARLY EDITION OF ONCE COMMON NARRATIVE
,
MADE
TREMENDOUSLY SCARCE BY THE OSCAR
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WINNING FILM VERSION OF THE STORY
.
Solomon
Northup’s story was sadly a common one in the years preceding the Civil War. Many free blacks were
kidnapped and sold into slavery. Once back in the South, it would be nearly impossible to prove one’s
free status.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NARRATIVES.) NORTHUP, SOLOMON.
Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup Citizen of New York,
Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and Rescued in 1853.
Engraved fron-
tispiece. 336 pages. Text block warped from a very early water-stain, but otherwise fairly
clean, bookplate of historian Arthur M. Schlesinger.
New York, 1855
[500/750]
TWENTY
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EIGHTH THOUSAND
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A narrative recently made into an Oscar-winning film by director
Steve McQueen.
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