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David Wilson (New York politician)

David Wilson was an American lawyer, writer and politician from New York. He is best known for his role in publishing Twelve Years a Slave, as told to him by Solomon Northup, in 1853.

Early life
David Wilson was born on September 17, 1818, in West Hebron, Washington County, New York. He attended Salem Washington Academy in Salem, New York. Wilson graduated from Union College in 1840. Then he studied law, with future state senator Orville Clark, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. ==Law and politics==
Law and politics
He practiced law in Whitehall. He was Deputy Clerk of the New York Court of Appeals from 1860 to 1862. ==Author==
Author
After some time he abandoned the practice of law due to poor health, and engaged in literary pursuits, writing books on historical subjects. Twelve Years a Slave Wilson is best known for editing Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave (1853). He met Northup through Orville Clark, who provided an affidavit for Northrup and circulated and signed a petition that helped free him. ==Later life and death==
Later life and death
In his later years, Wilson was part-owner of a brewery. and was buried at the New Hebron Cemetery in Hebron. ==Notes==
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