Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom by Louis Hughes

Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom

Louis Hughes

92 pages first pub 1897 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history challenging fast-paced
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Hughes (1832-1913) was born a slave to a plantation owner near Charlottesville, Virginia. Whilst he remained in bondage for over 30 years, mostly in Tennessee, he secretly learned to read and write. After he was finally successful in escaping towa...

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