#Classic Reads: 12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, 1853. Synopsis Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, 12 Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with […]