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FIFTH THOUSAND.

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE.

NARRATIVE
 OF
 SOLOMON NORTHUP,
 A CITIZEN OF NEW-YORK,
 KIDNAPPED IN WASHINGTON CITY IN 1841,
 AND
 RESCUED IN 1853,

FROM A COTTON PLANTATION NEAR THE RED RIVER,
 IN LOUISIANA.

AUBURN:
 DERBY AND MILLER.

BUFFALO:
 DERBY, ORTON AND MULLIGAN.

LONDON:
 SAMPSON LOW, SON & COMPANY, 47 LUDGATE HILL.

1853.