“What’ll Become of Me?” Finding the Real Patsey of 12 Years a Slave
by Katie Calautti
With 12 Years a Slave putting Solomon Northup’s story in the spotlight, Katie Calautti attempts to discover the fate of Patsey—and learns just how impossible it can be to find one woman when that woman was a slave.
[further reading, on Vanity Fair, March 2, 2014 click here]