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Public-domain book · Solomon, 1808-1863? Northup

Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Resc

Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a… by Solomon, 1808-1863? Northup is about 78,028 words — roughly 268 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 5 h 28 min to read.

Twelve Years aSlave Narrativeof SolomonNorthup, a…SOLOMON, 1808-1863? NORTHUP
78,028words (est.)
268pages at 6 x 9 in
5 h 28 minreading time

If you published a new edition

Trim10 pt11 pt12 ptSpine (white, 11 pt)
5 x 8 in3143724420.838 in
5.5 x 8.5 in2523123580.703 in
6 x 9 in2282683200.604 in
6.14 x 9.21 in2122542960.572 in

Based on an estimated 78,028 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).

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Subjects

African Americans -- Biography; Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography; Enslaved persons' writings, American; Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?; Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century

Sources & data

  • Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #45631) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.