David Fiske is a freelance writer and independent researcher. He was previously senior librarian at the New York State Library. He is the author of Solomon Northup: His Life Before and After Slavery. Fiske holds a master's degree in library science from the University at Albany.
A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup.
Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years A Slave provides a compelling chronological narrative of Northup's entire life, from his birth in an isolated settlement in upstate New York to the activities he pursued after...