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About The Book: Solomon Northup, a diligent farmer and skilled violinist, is born a free man of color. Residing contentedly with his family in Saratoga County, New York, his life takes a drastic turn when a job offer at a circus becomes a treacherous trap. Deceived, drugged, and abducted, Northup is sold into slavery. Over the ensuing twelve years, he endures the hardships of bondage under various masters. His poignant memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave," vividly recounts his struggle for survival and freedom, standing as one of the most compelling slave narratives ever penned. About The Author:, Solomon Northup (c. 1807–1808–c. 1864) was a free-born African American and author of "Twelve Years a Slave." 1853, he exposed the injustice. Northup's memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave," published in 1853, detailed his ordeal, and he became an abolitionist speaker CONTENTS: EDITOR’S PREFACE ...........................................................................................11, NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NORTHUP ............................................................. 13, CHAPTER -I ......................................................................................................... 14, INTRODUCTORY—ANCESTRY—THE NORTHUP FAMILY—BIRTH AND PARENTAGE— MINTUS NORTHUP—MARRIAGE WITH ANNE HAMPTON—GOOD RESOLU-TIONS— CHAMPLAIN CANAL—RAFTING EXCURSION TO CANADA—FARMING—THE VIOLIN— COOKING—REMOVAL TO SARATOGA—PARKER AND PERRY—SLAVES AND SLAVERY THE CHILDREN—THE BEGINNING OF SORROW., CHAPTER -II ....................................................................................................... 20, THE TWO STRANGERS—THECIRCUSCOMPANY—DEPARTURE FROMSARATOGA—VEN-TRILOQUISM AND LEGERDEMAIN—JOURNEY TO NEW-YORK—FREE PAPERS—BROWN AND HAMILTON—THE HASTE TO REACH THE CIRCUS—ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON— FUNERAL OF HARRISON—THE SUDDEN SICKNESS—THE TORMENT OF THIRST—THE RECEDING LIGHT—IN SENSIBILITY—CHAINS AND DARKNESS., CHAPTER -III ...................................................................