Auburn, Buffalo and London: Miller, Orton & Mulligan / Sampson Low, 1854. Hardcover - An unusual example of slave narratives because Northup was a free, educated man in New York who was abducted and spent 12 years in slavery in Louisiana before being rescued in 1853. Editor's preface. A book which was very popular at the time, as evidenced by several printings in 1853 and 1854 and one which has retained its relevance as the basis for the award-winning film of the same name. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 internal engravings. Appendices, xvi, 336 pp.
Condition: Fair condition overall in original embossed tan cloth - lettering on spine rubbed, some foxing, fraying to the cloth on the spine and corners, and several signatures pulled, but still quite readable and sturdy.
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - A reproduction of the 1856 edition of this classic fugitive slave story, with a new extensive introductory essay on Jews in the antislavery movement (this essay and the list of sources comprise 103 pp). Peter Still was kidnapped from his home in New Jersey as a child, was a slave for more than 40 years in Kentucky and Alabama and was finally liberated due to the generosity of two Jewish merchants who purchased him and them permitted him to buy his freedom with the work he did. After he obtained his own freedom, Still did not rest until he was able to purchase his wife and…
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - A reproduction of the 1856 edition of this classic fugitive slave story, with a new extensive introductory essay on Jews in the antislavery movement (this essay and the list of sources comprise 103 pp). Peter Still was kidnapped from his home in New Jersey as a child, was a slave for more than 40 years in Kentucky and Alabama and was finally liberated due to the generosity of two Jewish merchants who purchased him and them permitted him to buy his freedom with the work he did. After he obtained his own freedom, Still did not rest until he was able to purchase his wife and children also. Included in this book is the story of Seth Concklin, a white abolitionist who aided Still's family and was captured by slave hunters and either killed or committed suicide.