Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time12 years of slavery (Twelve Years a Slave in English) is a memoir of 1853 and a slave narrative of the American Solomon Northup, told and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in the state of New York, details his deception to go to Washington D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold as a slave in the deep south. He was held in captivity for 12 years in Louisiana before he could secretly send information to friends and family in New York, who in turn secured his release with the help of the state.The Northup account provides extensive details about the slave markets in Washington D.C. and New Orleans, and describes in detail the cultivation of cotton and sugar and the treatment of slaves in the main plantations of Louisiana.