Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom. THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AS SEEN ON THE PLANTATION *no IN THE HOME OF THE PLANTER- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS HUGHES, .•^^ MILWAUKEE : ^ U ^ South Sidr Printing Company, ^ 1897. cu^^ \U^ COPYRIGHT. 18%. PREFACE. The institution of human slavery, as it existed inthis country, has long- been dead; and, happily for allthe sacred interests which it assailed, there is for itno resurrection. It may, therefore, be asked to whatp
Thirty years a slave From bondage to freedom The institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter . Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom. THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AS SEEN ON THE PLANTATION *no IN THE HOME OF THE PLANTER- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS HUGHES, .•^^ MILWAUKEE : ^ U ^ South Sidr Printing Company, ^ 1897. cu^^ \U^ COPYRIGHT. 18%. PREFACE. The institution of human slavery, as it existed inthis country, has long- been dead; and, happily for allthe sacred interests which it assailed, there is for itno resurrection. It may, therefore, be asked to whatpurpose is the story which follows, of the experiencesof one person under that dead and accursed institution?To such question, if it be asked, it may be answeredthat the narrator presents his story in compliancewith the sug-g-estion of friends, and in the hope thatit may add something- of accurate information reg-ard-ing the character and influence of an institutionwhich for two hundred years dominated the countr}^—exercising a potent but baneful influence in theformiition of its social, civil and industrial structures,anthirtyyearsslave01hugh
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