Twelve Years a Slave (With Illustrations)

The Premier Edition of "Twelve Years a Slave"

Enjoy this new release of "Twelve Years a Slave" for Kindle. You won't find a better price or higher-quality version on Amazon. This edition includes:

• The full text of "Twelve Years a Slave"
• The original high-quality illustrations
• The full text of "The Kidnapping Case", an extended New York Times article from 1853 about Solomon Northup's story
• Links to additional internet resources about Solomon Northup, including an active Facebook page with regular links to new articles
• Clean formatting, with the ability to adjust fonts and text size
• An active table of contents for easily moving around in the book

"Twelve Years a Slave" tells the remarkable true story of Solomon Northup, a free man born in New York State who was deceived, drugged, and kidnapped in 1941, taken into slavery for a period of twelve years in Louisiana before the Civil War. The book became a bestseller and played an important part in helping educate Americans about the plight of slavery.