![Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave: 1841-1853 By Sue Eakin](http://www.villagemuseum.com/cdn/shop/products/twelveyeARS_{width}x.png?v=1664833921)
The best firsthand account of the slavery experience, this autobiographical story, originally published in 1853, has been rewritten to make it accessible to younger readers. Northup, a family man and hack driver in upstate New York, was kidnapped, whisked away from his home, and sold into slavery.