1- Essay on the Historical Accuracy of the Movie

2- How 12 Years a Slave Gets History Right: By Getting it Wrong by Noah Berlatsky, The Atlantic, Oct. 28 2013

3- Historian Says '12 Years' Is A Story The Nation Must Remember

4- 12 Years a Slave: the book behind the film

5- Death of Solomon Northup, author of 12 Years A Slave, still a mystery

6- The Blood and Tears, Not the Magnolias

7- Never-Ending Story Conversation About Race' Has Not Brought Cultural Consensus

The Documents Behind 12 Years a Slave

"When I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

Abraham Lincoln to an Indiana Regiment passing through Washington, March 17, 1865

(29 days before he was assassinated).