About the Book: 12 years a slave: A true story
And What Difference is There in the Colour of the Soul?
A hardworking farmer and an exceptional fiddler, Solomon Northup is born a free
man of colour. He lives happily with his wife and children in Saratoga County,
New York, until the day an employment offer at a circus changes his life.
Tricked, drugged and kidnapped, Northup gets sold as a slave. And for the twelve
years that follow, he lives in bondage under different masters . . .
A heart-rending memoir chronicling his fight for survival and freedom, Northups
Twelve Years A Slave is one