Twelve Years a Slave
Recommended by Ryan Holiday, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #5 in Slavery, Ranked #8 in African American History — see more rankings.
Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, as well as describing at length cotton and sugar cultivation on major... more
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Ryan Holiday AuthorI read two important memoirs from slaves as well, and strongly recommend 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup and A Slave in the White House about Paul Jennings. (Source)
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Twelve Years a Slave is ranked in the following categories:
- #39 in African American
- #60 in African History
- #52 in American History
- #46 in Autobiography
- #90 in Biography
- #97 in Civil War
- #82 in Historical Nonfiction
- #78 in Human Rights
- #59 in Orange
- #69 in Racism
- #61 in True Stories
- #54 in True Story
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