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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

by Solomon Northup

5 hr 28 min read81,915 words4 chapters

an exploration of saltwater currents and the strange creatures that inhabit the deep abyss. a dense chronicle of maritime discovery from a bygone era.

Public-domain text.