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Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man / by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin. |
| Authors: | Fradin, Judith Bloom. |
| Call number: | jB Northup, Solomon FRA |
| Publisher: | Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2012. |
| Publication date: | c2012. |
| Subject: |
Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Northup, Solomon, b. 1808 -- Juvenile literature. |
| Title: | Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man / by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin. |
| Physical description: | 120 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | "Well, my boy, how do you feel now?" -- "I wished for wings" -- "I will learn you your name!" -- Life is dear to every living thing -- "A song of peace" -- "If I ever catch you with a book" -- "I am here now a slave" -- "How can I end my days here?" -- "Solomon Northup is my name!" -- "I had been restored to happiness and liberty". |
| Summary note: | The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and spent 12 years as a slave on deadly Louisiana coastal plantations. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116) and index. |
| Added author: | Fradin, Dennis B. |
| ISBN: | 9781426309373 (hbk.) 1426309376 (hbk.) 9781426309380 (lib. bdg.) 1426309384 (lib. bdg.) |
| LCCN: | 2011024664 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1343913 |
| Bib No.: | 1343913 |