Thirty Years a Slave. From Bondage to Freedom.: The Institution of Slavery As Seen on The Plantation And in The Home of The Planter. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781456306663)

The institution of human slavery, as it existed in this country, has long been dead; and, happily for all the sacred interests which it assailed, there is for it no resurrection. It may, therefore, be asked to what purpose is the story which follows, of the experiences of one person under that dead and accursed institution? To such question, if it be asked, it may be answered that the narrator presents his story in compliance with the suggestion of friends, and in the hope that it may add something of accurate information regarding the character and influence of an institution which for two hundred years dominated the country - exercising a potent but baneful influence in the formation of its social, civil and industrial structures, and which finally plunged it into the most stupendous civil war which the world has ever known. As the enlightenment of each generation depends upon the thoughtful study of the history of those that have gone before, everything which tends to fullness and accuracy in that history is of value, even though it be not presented with the adjuncts of literary adornment, or thrilling scenic effects.

Author: Louis Hughes
ISBN-10: 1456306669
ISBN-13: 9781456306663
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/16/1985
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.26d