Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup, 1853.

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Part 1: Contents, Chapters 1-5 (pp. 1-77)

Part 2: Chapters 6-11 (pp. 78-161)

Part 3: Chapters 12-16 (pp. 162-235)

Part 4: Chapters 17-22, Appendix (pp. 236-336)

Source: Northup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave, Philadelphia: John E. Potter & Co., 1853.