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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 Author: Solomon Northup

Release Date: May 11, 2014 [EBook #45631]

Language: English

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FIFTH THOUSAND.