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In Solomon Northup’s memoir Twelve Years A Slave, Solomon is quick to mention his captors by full name. When the book was published, did anyone mentioned ever try to seek legal action against Solomon, such as for defamation?

by /u/LockeProposal in /r/AskHistorians

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