Twenty-two years a slave and forty years a freeman
By: Austin Steward ; with an introduction by Graham Russell Hodges.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Syracuse
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Steward, Austin, 1794-1860.; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.; Free African Americans -- Biography.; Slavery -- Virginia -- Prince William County -- History -- 18th century.; Slavery -- New York (State) -- Sodus Bay Region -- History -- 18th century.; African American businesspeople -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- Biography.; Rochester (N.Y.) -- Biography.; Wilberforce Colony.; Middlesex (Ont.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Originally published: W. Alling : Rochester, N.Y., 1857.
Table of contents: title: Slave life on the plantation; title: At the great house; title: Horse-racing and its consequences; title: Journey to our new home in New York; title: Incidents at Sodus Bay; title: Removal from Sodus to Bath; title: Dueling; title: Horse-racing and general training; title: Death-bed and bridal scenes; title: Hired out to a new master; title: Thoughts on freedom; title: Captain Helm divorce kidnapping; title: Located in the village of Rochester; title: Incidents in Rochester and vicinity; title: Sad reverses of Captain Helm; title: British emancipation of slavery; title: Oration-termination of slavery in the British possessions; title: Condition of free colored people; title: Persecution of the colored people; title: Removal to Canada; title: Roughing it in the wilds of Canada; title: Narrow escape of a smuggler; title: Narrative of two fugitives from Virginia; title: Pleasant re-union of old and tried friends; title: Private losses and private difficulties; title: Incidents and peculiarities of the Indians; title: Our difficulties with Israel Lewis; title: Desperation of a fugitive slave; title: A narrow escape from my enemies; title: Death of B. Paul and return of his brother; title: My family returns to Rochester; title: The land agent and the squatters; title: Character and death of Israel Lewis; title: My return to Rochester; title: Bishop Browndeath-death of my daughter; title: Celebration of the first of August.