12 Years a Slave (Illustrated): Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 (Classics of North American Literature)

This new edition includes:

Solomon Northup's memoir

Illustrations from the original publication, as well as

Additional illustrations that bring the story to life!

Read the memoir that inspired the film that won Best Picture at the 2014 Academy Awards!

Follow the gripping true account of the author, Solomon Northup, a free black man, kidnapped, sold into, and delivered out of, slavery.

“It is better than the film … A testament to the glory of the human spirit in triumph over the worst of human abuse.” - Daily Telegraph

"This is no fiction, no exaggeration. If I have failed in anything, it has been in presenting to the reader too prominently the bright side of the picture. I doubt not hundreds have been as unfortunate as myself; that hundreds of free citizens have been kidnapped and sold into slavery, and are at this moment wearing out their lives on plantations..." - Solomon Northup, _Twelve Years a Slave_