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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
an acceptable copy of an early edition of once common narrative, made tremendously scarce by the oscar-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.
