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    Twelve Years a Slave
    Twelve Years a Slave
    Twelve Years a Slave
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    Twelve Years a Slave

    Written by Solomon Northup

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family. (Summary by RobBoard)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Solomon Northup

    SOLOMON NORTHUP was born in 1808 and lived as a free man in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and three children until his capture and enslavement in 1841. He was one of very few who were able to regain their freedom after being kidnapped and sold into slavery. After he returned to New York, he published his memoir and became an active abolitionist, lecturing throughout the Northeast about his experiences.

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