| Author | Northup, Solomon, b. 1808.
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| Uniform Title | William P. Palmer collection
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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.
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| Edition | Eighth thousand |
| Published | Auburn : Derby and Miller ; Buffalo : Derby, Orton and Mulligan ; Cincinnati : Henry W. Derby, 1853.
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| Description | xvi, [17]-336 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
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| General Note | Does not contain a printing statement; list of illustrations on p. xiv does not include page numbers.
Editor's preface signed, in print: David Wilson, Whitehall, N.Y., May, 1853.
Dedicated "To Harriet Beecher Stowe: whose name, throughout the world, is identified with the Great Reform: this narrative, affording another key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, is respectfully dedicated."
Plates are signed by Coffin and N. Orr.
List of "Subscription books: Published by Derby & Miller, Auburn, N.Y. ([4] p.) inserted at front.
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| Acq. Note Source | Gift of William P. Palmer; 58806.
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| Subjects | Plantation life.
Slavery -- Louisiana.
Slaves -- Biography.
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| Other Authors | Wilson, D. (David), 1818-1887.
Coffin, Frederick M.
Orr, Nathaniel.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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| Other Titles | Narrative of Solomon Northup
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| LC Card Number | 10-34503 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 444 N876 Vault
MQ138321 c.1: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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