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          Louisa Picquet, the subject of the following narrative, was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and is apparently about thirty-three years of age.!

          Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon, or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life.

        1. Title: Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon: or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life.
        2. Louisa Picquet, the subject of the following narrative, was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and is apparently about thirty-three years of age.
        3. Louisa Picquet, child of a slave mother and her white master, was born in Columbia, S.C., but was soon sold with her mother because she looked too much like her master's other child.
        4. Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon: A Tale of Southern Slave Life by Rev. H. Mattison A.M. () [unknown author] on

          5. Louisa Picquet

          Louisa Picquet

          Frontispiece of Picquet's narrative,

          Bornc.

          Columbia, South Carolina

          DiedAugust 11,

          New Richmond, Ohio

          Notable workLouisa Picquet, the Octoroon, or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life

          Louisa Picquet (c.

          , Columbia, South Carolina – August 11, , New Richmond, Ohio) was an African American born into slavery. Her slave narrative, Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon, or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life, was published in The narrative, written by abolitionist pastor Hiram Mattison, details Picquet's experiences with subjects like sexual violence, Christianity, and colorism.

          By producing the narrative, Mattison and Picquet hoped to raise enough money to buy Picquet's mother out of slavery.

          Personal life

          Louisa Picquet was born on a plantation in Lexington County, South Carolina.[1] Picquet's master, John Randolph, sold Picquet and her mother to David R.

          Cook, who fled to Mobile, Alabama with his sl