By Pamela Kragen | pam. kragen@sduniontribune. com | The San Diego Union-Tribune This year, San Diego Museum of Art celebrates its 100th anniversary with a free public party on Feb.

In 1853, New Yorker Solomon Northup regained his freedom after being kidnapped in Washington, D. C. , and forced into slavery in 1841; he would later tell his story in his memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave.