Author: Solomon Northup
Publisher: Two Pence Books
ISBN: 9781927970416
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans where he was sold into slavery. He spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This narrative reveals how Northup survived the harsh conditions of slavery, including smallpox, lashings, and an attempted hanging. Solomon Northup was among a select few who were freed from slavery. His account describes the daily life of slaves in Louisiana, their diet and living conditions, the relationship between master and slave, and how slave catchers used to recapture runaways. Northup's first person account published in 1853, was a dramatic story in the national debate over slavery that took place in the nine years leading up to the start of the American Civil War.

Author: Louis Hughes
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421818981
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Languages : en
Pages : 142

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I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, as I remember, when my mother, two brothers and myself were sold to Dr. Louis, a practicing physician in the village of Scottsville. We remained with him about five years, when he died, and, in the settlement of his estate, I was sold to one Washington Fitzpatrick, a merchant of the village. He kept me a short time when he took me to Richmond, by way of canal-boat, expecting to sell me; but as the market was dull, he brought me back and kept me some three months longer, when he told me he had hired me out to work on a canal-boat running to Richmond, and to go to my mother and get my clothes ready to start on the trip. I went to her as directed, and, when she had made ready my bundle, she bade me good-by with tears in her eyes, saying: "My son, be a good boy; be polite to every one, and always behave yourself properly."

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Patrice Sherman
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN: 0802853196
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

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A self-taught young slave astonishes his fellow prisoners by reading aloud the newspaper account of Lincoln s new emancipation proclamation. Based on actual events.

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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Vols. 3-8, 3d ser., include the 16th-21st annual reports of the British and foreign anti-slavery Society. the 22d-24th annual reports are appended to v.9-11, 3d ser.

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Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Languages : en
Pages : 920

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Pages : 628

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Pages : 856

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