TwelveYearsaSlave

Copyright Copyright © 1970 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2000, is the second Dover unabridged republication of the work first published in 1853 by Derby and Miller, Auburn, New York. The Introduction written by Philip S. Foner for the 1970 Dover edition is included in this edition, as are 7 illustrations from the 1854 edition. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Northup, Solomon, b. 1808. Twelve years a slave / Solomon Northup ; introduction by Philip S. Foner. p. cm. Originally published: Auburn, N.Y. : Derby and Miller. Includes index. 9780486130699 1. Northup, Solomon, b. 1808. 2. Slaves-United States—Biography. 3. Afro- Americans-Biography. 4. Plantation life—Louisiana-History-19th century. 5. Slavery-Louisiana—History-19th century. I. Title. E444 N87 2000 306.3’62’092-dc21 99-089488 Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation 41143508 www.doverpublications.com INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION COMMENTING on the literally hundreds of slave narratives published during the antislavery crusade, Ephraim Peabody, a......