slave auction. Significant emphasis is placed on Eliza being separated from her children, and the actor portraying Northup does voiceover of direct passages from Twelve Years a Slave. The 2013 feature film 12 Years a Slave, adapted from his memoir, was written by John Ridley and directed by Steve McQueen. British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor portrays Northup, for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning 3for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, for John Ridley, and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o, who played the slave Patsey in her debut film role. See also History of slavery in Louisiana List of people who disappeared List of slaves List of unsolved deaths Slavery in the United States Reverse Underground Railroad Notes References Sources Further reading , Newbery Honor, ages 10 and up External links The Solomon Northup Trail, LSU's Acadiana Historical project: maps and descriptions of sites from Northup's memoir, based on Eakin's and Logsdon's 1968 research. Twelve Years a Slave: Analyzing Slave Narratives, National Endowment for the Humanities EDSITEment lesson plan Solomon Northup's Odyssey at the Internet Movie Database 1800s births 1850s missing person cases Activists from New York (state) African-American abolitionists African-American non-fiction writers Free Negroes 19th-century American memoirists American non-fiction writers American fiddlers 19th-century American slaves Literate American slaves Missing person cases in Canada People from Essex County, New York People from Saratoga Springs, New York People from Queensbury, New York People from Washington County, New York People who wrote slave narratives Underground Railroad people Year of death unknown African-American history of New York (state) Writers from New York (state)