Twelve years a slave
(Book)

Originally published in 1853. Published by Penguin Books in 2013 (240 p.) (movie tie-in). Published by Barnes & Noble in 2013 (219 p.) (illustrated/ introduction by Eric Ashley Hairston). Published by Hesperus Press in 2013 (199 p.) (film tie-in). Published by Applewood Books in 2013 (336 p.) (illustrated edition).

"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.

Includes index.

"A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. Born a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life--perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave"--,Provided by publisher.