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Solomon Northup in his plantation suit [graphic] / Coffin.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2791
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Contributor
Coffin, Frederick, ill.
Title
Solomon Northup in his plantation suit [graphic] / Coffin.
Publisher
[Auburn and Buffalo: s.n]
Publisher
NY. Auburn and Buffalo 1853
Date
[1853]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 11 x 9 cm. (4.5 x 3.5 in)
Description
Portrait of Solomon Northup, a free citizen of New York, who was kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup is shown in a suit that he wore as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation.
Is part of
Northup, Solomon, b. 1808. Twelve years a slave. Auburn: Derby and Miller; Buffalo: Deby, Orton and Mulligan; London: Sampson Low, Son & Company, 1853.
Notes
Frontispiece for Solomon Northup's 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, 1853).
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject
Northup, Solomon, b. 1808 -- Portraits.
Slaves -- Clothing & dress -- Washington (D.C.)
Free African Americans -- Capture & imprisonment.
Genre
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1853 Nor 54079.D frontispiece
Accession number
54079.D
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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