: For 12 years, Northup was held in Louisiana under several masters, most notably the brutal Edwin Epps.
The story of is a harrowing true account of Solomon Northup, a free Black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. His journey from a free citizen in New York to a captive on Southern plantations—and his eventual return home—serves as one of the most significant firsthand narratives of the American slave trade. The True Story of Solomon Northup 12 years of slave
: He eventually regained his freedom in 1853 with the help of a Canadian abolitionist named Samuel Bass and legal intervention from his friends in New York. : For 12 years, Northup was held in
Glenn David Brasher: A Historian's Take on '12 Years a Slave' : For 12 years