Useful Links
The Cultural Significance of Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave
https://ushistoryscene.com/article/12-years-a-slave/
Primary Sources
This excerpt was first published in 1853 in Solomon Northup's memoir, Twelve Years a Slave (includes text dependent questions)
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/a-slave-auction
Northrup describes the delicate balance he had to strike to keep both the white and enslaved populations as happy as possible.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/hard-history/excerpt-from-twelve-years-a-slave
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/a-slave-auction
Northrup describes the delicate balance he had to strike to keep both the white and enslaved populations as happy as possible.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/hard-history/excerpt-from-twelve-years-a-slave