Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State-and having at the end of that time been kidnapped and sold into Slavery, where I remained, until happily rescued in the month of January, 1853, after a bondage of twelve years-it has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.
I can speak of Slavery only so far as it came under my own observation-only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person. My object is, to give a candid and truthful statement of facts: to repeat the story of my life, without exaggeration, leaving it for others to determine, whether even the pages of fiction present a picture of more cruel wrong or a severer bondage.
- Taken from "Twelve Years A Slave" written by Solomon Northup
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Northup, Solomon
Published: 08/06/2019
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781088649435
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.43d
