"I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, as I remember, when my mother, two brothers and myself were sold to Dr. Louis, a practicing physician in the village of Scottsville." So begins the narrative of Louis Hughes, an ex-American slave who escaped from bondage, made a life for his family in the North and ended has life a respected Wisconsin businessman.
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Thirty Years a Slave
"I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, as I remember, when my mother, two brothers and myself were sold to Dr. Louis, a practicing physician in the village of Scottsville." So begins the narrative of Louis Hughes, an ex-American slave who escaped from bondage, made a life for his family in the North and ended has life a respected Wisconsin businessman.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940012390561 |
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| Publisher: | Cherry Lane Ebooks |
| Publication date: | 04/18/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 912 KB |
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