"Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup, Auburn & Buffalo, Copyright 1853. Derby and Miller Publications. Twelve Years a Slave, Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Common Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana. Head of title page mentions "eight thousand" in regards to the number of copies printed at the time.