In the following excerpt, Olney provides a list of slave-narrative conventions and considers the impact of white amanuenses on the construction of slave narratives. Olney also compares the narratives of Frederick Douglass, Henry Box Brown, and Solomon Northup.

In the following essay, Worley argues that Northup's work presents a critical position on slavery, one that favorably compares with the writings of Frederick Douglass. Worley also asserts that Northup's narrative does not depend upon either a rational or providential construction.

In the following excerpt, originally published in 1979, Stepto discusses Northup's work as an example of an integrated slave narrative that places documents authenticating the slave experience into the tale.

In the following essay, Eakin and Logsdon consider the significance of Northup's narrative and provide an overview of the primary and secondary sources which preceded their edition.

In the following excerpt, Nichols analyzes several first-hand accounts of the physical systems of control of slaves, particularly that of punishment.

In the following excerpt from the companion book, originally published in 1853, to Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe presents an abridged account of Northup's kidnapping, slavery, and liberation as was reported by the New York Times in order to support her fictionalized account of slavery.