American Legends: The Life of Solomon Northup

ISBN: 9781495923586
$6.99
*Includes pictures.
*Includes excerpts from Twelve Years a Slave about Northup's life and experiences.
*Includes a bibliography for further reading.
*Includes a table of contents.

“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.” – Solomon Northup

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.
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