BOOKS
Brode, Patrick. The Odyssey of John Anderson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989.
Brown, John. Slave Life in Georgia. Savannah, Georgia: The Beehive Press, 1996 (reprint of 1855 edition).
Northup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: State University Press, 1996 (reprint of 1853 edition).
Ploski, Harry A., and Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., editors.
The Negro Almanac. New York: Bellwether Publishing Company, 1967.
NEWSPAPERS
New York Times, January 20, 1853
Albany Evening Journal, July 9, 1854
Saratoga Whig, July 14, 1854
The Liberator, August 26, 1853
INTERVIEW
Renee Moore, Founder of Solomon Northup Day—
A Celebration of Freedom, Saratoga Springs, New York
(interviewed in late 2010 and early 2011)