Library Acquires Rare, First Edition of “Twelve Years a Slave”
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has acquired a first-edition copy of “Twelve Years a Slave.”
The book by Solomon Northup was published in 1853 and is housed in Dupré Library's Special Collections.
Its market value of about $10,000 has increased because of the recent success of “12 Years a Slave,” a 2013 film adapted from Northup’s memoir, according to Bruce Turner, assistant dean of special collections.
