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Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman »

Authors: Austin Steward, Jane H. Pease (Introduction), William H. Pease
ISBN-13: 9780486434490, ISBN-10: 0486434494
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Austin Steward

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Revealing, poignantly written autobiography describes what life in America was like for a former slave: the help he received from abolitionist groups; his years as a successful merchant in Rochester, New York; and his support of a small ex-slave community in Canada.

	Introduction	ix
	Letter from Governor Clark	3
	Testimony from Rochester Citizens	5
	Recommendatory	7
	Preface	9
I	Slave Life on the Plantation	11
II	At the Great House	15
III	Horse-Racing and Its Consequences	27
IV	Journey to Our New Home in New York	34
V	Incidents at Sodus Bay	37
VI	Removal from Sodus to Bath	39
VII	Dueling	41
VIII	Horse-Racing and General Training	44
IX	Death-Bed and Bridal Scenes	53
X	Hired Out to a New Master	58
XI	Thoughts on Freedom	66
XII	Captain Helm--Divorce--Kidnaping	72
XIII	Locate in the Village of Rochester	77
XIV	Incidents in Rochester and Vicinity	85
XV	Sad Reverses of Captain Helm	89
XVI	British Emancipation of Slavery	92
XVII	Oration--Termination of Slavery in the British Possessions	94
XVIII	Condition of Free Colored People	101
XIX	Persecution of the Colored People	106
XX	Removal to Canada	113
XXI	Roughing It in the Wilds of Canada	117
XXII	Narrow Escape of A Smuggler	120
XXIII	Narrative of Two Fugitives from Virginia	124
XXIV	Pleasant Re-Union of Old and Tried Friends	129
XXV	Private Losses and Private Difficulties	134
XXVI	Incidents and Peculiarities of the Indians	136
XXVII	Our Difficulties with Israel Lewis	141
XXVIII	Desperation of A Fugitive Slave	149
XXIX	A Narrow Escape from My Enemies	153
XXX	Death of B. Paul and Return of His Brother	156
XXXI	My Family Return to Rochester	162
XXXII	The Land Agent and the Squatter	166
XXXIII	Character and Death of Israel Lewis	171
XXXIV	My Return to Rochester	175
XXXV	Bishop Brown--Death of My Daughter	180
XXXVI	Celebration of the First of August	187
XXXVII	Conclusion	190
	Correspondence	205

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