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Fountain Hughes was born in 1848 near Charlottesville, Virginia. It is believed that his grandfather was Wormely Hughes, a slave owned by Thomas Jefferson. Wormely was Jefferson's gardener. Hughes' father was killed while serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Fountain Hughes recounted his time growing up under the harsh conditions of slavery. He was interviewed in 1949 in Baltimore by Herman Norwood. The original recordings are located in the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.
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