Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana
by Solomon Northup
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Auburn, NY: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. Good with no dust jacket. 1854. Hardcover. Hard cover published by Miller, Orton and Mulligan in 1854. Title page has twenty-four thousand at top. Rebound with brown cloth spine and original brown boards. No dust jacket. Blindstamped designs on front and rear covers. Corners are slightly bumped. Inside front cover has a name and date of 1885, and front endpaper has the name of another owner. Pages have spotting or foxing throughout. Some pages in back of book are stained at top. Book is in good minus condition. Small 8vo, 336 pages, 1.1 lb.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 336 pages .
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- Title
- Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana
- Author
- Solomon Northup
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Miller, Orton & Mulligan
- Place of Publication
- Auburn, NY
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Slave, Slavery, Louisiana, Black America, African American
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