Twelve Years a Slave : A Narrative of a New York Citizen Kidnapped in Washington D.C. and Rescued From a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River in Louisiana

Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details his being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., in 1841 where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana