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LOUIS HUGHES (1832-1913) was an African American enslaved person born in Virginia. He was enslaved for over thirty years, spending most of that time in Tennessee. During that time, he learned in se...mehr sehenLOUIS HUGHES (1832-1913) was an African American enslaved person born in Virginia. He was enslaved for over thirty years, spending most of that time in Tennessee. During that time, he learned in secret how to read and write. Thirty-three years after gaining freedom at the end of the Civil War, he wrote his memoir Thirty Years a Slave, published in 1897. It is considered an essential text for understanding the experience of slavery in western Tennessee. Hughes died in Milwaukee in 1913.weniger sehen
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Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels: The Underground Railroad, Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, 12 Years a Slave, Uncle Tom's Cabin, History of Abolitionism, Lynch Law, Civil Rights Acts, New Amendments and much more Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels Bewertung: 0 von 5 Sternen0 BewertungenThirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom Bewertung: 0 von 5 Sternen0 BewertungenThirty Years a Slave Bewertung: 0 von 5 Sternen0 BewertungenTILL THE LAST BREATH – The Incredible True Story of Hughes & D. Green's Attempts to Break Free: Thirty Years a Slave & Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, A Runaway Slave - Accounts of the two African American Slaves and their Courageous but Life-Threatening Attempts to Break Free Bewertung: 0 von 5 Sternen0 BewertungenNever Forgotten, Never Could be: Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Memoirs & History of Abolitionist Movement Bewertung: 0 von 5 Sternen0 Bewertungen