Louis Hughes was born as an enslaved person in Virginia and at age twelve was sold away from his mother, whom he never saw again. Sold to a wealthy slaveowner, who had a home near Memphis and plantation nearby in Mississippi, Hughes was held in bondage as an enslaved house servant for three decades. Near the end of the Civil War, he escaped to the Union lines with the paid help of two Union soldiers. Hughes later returned to the plantation to liberate his wife, and the couple ma...
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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. Dur...
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Taal Engels ● Formaat EPUB ● Pagina’s 160 ● ISBN 9781603060783 ● Bestandsgrootte 0.6 MB ● Uitgeverij University of Georgia Press ● Stad Athens ● Land US ● Gepubliceerd 2002 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5932807 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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