Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northrup

Scarce 1853 First Edition copy (2 copies) of Solomon Northrup's "Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northrup", dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe. 336 pages, with 7 illustrations by Coffin. This is the graphic story of the abduction of a free Negro adult from the North and his enslavement for 12 years in the South -- provides a sensational element which cannot be matched by any of the dozens of narratives written by former slaves. It was this book and Uncle Tom's Cabin which helped motivate the North to fight the American Civil War.