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1) Thirty Years a Slave - From Bondage to Freedom: With an Introductory Chapter by Frederick Douglass
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Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1897, "Thirty Years a Slave" is a first person account of life as a slave written by Louis Hughes (1832—1913), an American-born slave belonging to a plantation owner in Charlottesville, Virginia. Having learned to read and write in secret, Hughes wrote this memoir and later became a successful businessman. "Thirty Years a Slave" offers a glimpse into the harrowing life of American slaves in the nineteenth century and is highly...