Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canterbury Classics (July 8, 2014)Flexibound ‏ : ‎ 224 pagesItem Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ouncesDimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.4 x 7.75 inches When Solomon Northup, born a free black man in Saratoga, New York, was offered a short-term job with a circus in Washington, D.C., in 1841, he jumped at the opportunity. But when he arrived, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Finally, with the help of a Canadian abolitionist, he was rescued and reunited with his family in New York. In this memoir published in 1853, Northup tells the incredible story of his 12 years as a slave.