SOURCE: “Solomon Northup and the Sly Philosophy of the Slave Pen,” in Callaloo, Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 243-59.
In the following essay, Worley argues that Northup's work presents a critical position on slavery, one that favorably compares with the writings of Frederick Douglass. Worley also asserts that Northup's narrative does not depend upon either a rational or providential construction.
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