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Summary "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup is a historical account written in the midth century. The book chronicles Northup's harrowing life experiences as a free man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, detailing his journey from a New Yorker to the depths of bondage in Louisiana. Northup aims to provide a truthful representation of slavery, its brutal realities, and the pervasive inhumanity he faced during his twelve years of captivity.

At the start of the narrative, Northup reflects on his life before kidnapping, recounting his early freedom, family, and aspirations as a violinist and farmer. He describes a turning point when he meets two men who deceive him into traveling with them under false pretenses of employment with a circus. This fateful decision leads to his enslavement.

After realizing he has been kidnapped and imprisoned, Northup describes the harrowing environment of the slave pen where he finds himself bound in chains and subjected to inhumane treatment.