Solomon Northup published his memoir the year he was rescued, 1853, and, arriving soon after Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", it proved a bestseller. After being held for twelve years on a series of Louisiana plantations, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family. Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. LibriVox recording of Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup.
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