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Digital History

Digital History: Solomon Northup and Mammy Harriet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Solomon Northrup, a free man, was captured and sold into slavery. Read his account of what plantation life was like from his book, 12 Years a Slave. In addition, read the remembrances of a house slave and what her life was like. [pdf]
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Twelve Years a Slave

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine several documents related to the life of Solomon Northup, whose life story is told in his autobiography Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841...