Celebrity Disappearances That Remain Unsolved Mysteries to This Day

Born a free man in New York during the early 19th century, Solomon Northup was tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1840, enduring over a decade of hardship before his release. His memoir, ‘Twelve Years a Slave,’ published in 1853, and subsequent speaking tours highlighted the brutality of slavery.

The mystery of Northup’s later life remains, with theories ranging from natural death to murder, yet his story gained widespread recognition through the film ’12 Years a Slave’.