Louis Hughes eBooks

Louis Hughes was born a slave in Virginia and at age 12 was sold away from his mother, whom he never saw again. After a few interim owners, he was sold to a wealthy slaveowner who had a home near Memphis >>

Louis Hughes was born in 1832. His father was a white man and his mother a slave. At age six he and his mother and siblings were sold to a doctor. Hughes was sold several more times. His narrative describes >>

I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, >>