TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE
HOUSE OF AUGUSTINE (TOURNIER) MAGLOIRE
The memoir ends with his telling of how he reacquired his freedom, aided by a man named Samuel Bass. Bass was born in Canada but lived and died in Marksville, LA in Avoyelles Parish. Bass died of pneumonia August 30, 1853 – age 46, while at the home of Justine Tournier (a free woman of color), only months after Solomon was freed.
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE
HOUSE OF AUGUSTINE (TOURNIER) MAGLOIRE
The memoir ends with his telling of how he reacquired his freedom, aided by a man named Samuel Bass. Bass was born in Canada but lived and died in Marksville, LA in Avoyelles Parish. Bass died of pneumonia August 30, 1853 – age 46, while at the home of Justine Tournier (a free woman of color), only months after Solomon was freed.
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