Thirty Years a Slave. Louis Hughes
MY SECOND RUNAWAY TRIP.
A FAMILY OF FREE PERSONS SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
MADAM'S CRUELTY TO MY WIFE AND CHILDREN.
EFFORTS TO LEARN TO READ AND WRITE.
TOM STRIKES FOR LIBERTY AND GAINS IT.
NEWS OF TOM'S REACHING CANADA.
MEMPHIS AND ITS COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE.
CHAPTER III. — SLAVERY AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
PETTY DISRESPECT TO THE EMBLEM OF THE UNION.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH, APRIL 9, 1862.
CAPTURE OF A UNION TRADING BOAT.
UNION SOLDIERS PASS THE PANOLA HOME.
HIDING VALUABLES FROM THE YANKEES.
SLAVES HUNG AND LEFT TO ROT AS A WARNING.
RUNAWAY SLAVE CAUGHT AND WHIPPED.
A HOME GUARD ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF.
CHAPTER IV. — REBELLION WEAKENING—SLAVES' HOPES STRENGTHENING.
M'GEES SLAVES TAKEN TO ALABAMA.
MY FIFTH STRIKE FOR FREEDOM IS A SUCCESS.
CHAPTER V. — FREEDOM AFTER SLAVERY.
BEGIN BUSINESS FOR MYSELF IN A SMALL WAY.