Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman

Austin Steward

• Publisher: Madison & Adams Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9788026883319
• Topic: Ciencias sociales
• Subtopic: Biografías históricas

"Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman" is a slave narrative, detailing Austin Steward's early life of enslavement and escape, as well as his years of freedom and work at Wilber force Colony. Austin Steward (1793 – 1869) was an African-American abolitionist and author. He was born a slave and escaped from Virginia at about age 21, settling in Rochester, New York, and then Canada. Contents: Slave Life on the Plantation At the Great House Horse-racing and Its Consequences Journey to Our New Home in New York Incidents at Sodus Bay Removal From Sodus to Bath Dueling Horse-racing and General Training Death Bed and Bridal Scenes Hired Out to a New Master Thoughts on Freedom Capt. Helm — Divorce — Kidnapping Locate in the Village of Rochester Incidents in Rochester and Vicinity Sad Reverses of Capt. Helm British Emancipation of Slavery Oration — Termination of Slavery Condition of Free Colored People Persecution of the Colored People Removal to Canada Roughing It in the Wilds of Canada Narrow Escape of a Smuggler Narrative of Two Fugitives From Virginia Pleasant Re-union of Old and Tried Friends Private Losses and Private Difficulties Incidents and Peculiarities of the Indians Our Difficulties With Israel Lewis Desperation of a Fugitive Slave A Narrow Escape From My Enemies Death of B. Paul, and Return of His Brother My Family Return to Rochester The Land Agent and the Squatter Character and Death of I. Lewis My Return to Rochester Bishop Brown — Death of My Daughter Celebration of the First of August Correspondence Letter From A. Steward to Wm. L. Garrison

Table of contents

• Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman
• Table of Contents
• FROM GOVERNOR CLARK
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I SLAVE LIFE ON THE PLANTATION
• CHAPTER II AT THE GREAT HOUSE
• CHAPTER III HORSE-RACING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
• CHAPTER IV JOURNEY TO OUR NEW HOME IN NEW YORK
• CHAPTER V INCIDENTS AT SODUS BAY
• CHAPTER VI REMOVAL FROM SODUS TO BATH
• CHAPTER VII DUELING
• CHAPTER VIII HORSE-RACING AND GENERAL TRAINING
• CHAPTER IX DEATH BED AND BRIDAL SCENES
• CHAPTER X HIRED OUT TO A NEW MASTER
• CHAPTER XI THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM
• CHAPTER XII CAPT. HELM — DIVORCE — KIDNAPPING
• CHAPTER XIII LOCATE IN THE VILLAGE OF ROCHESTER
• CHAPTER XIV INCIDENTS IN ROCHESTER AND VICINITY
• CHAPTER XV SAD REVERSES OF CAPT. HELM
• CHAPTER XVI BRITISH EMANCIPATION OF SLAVERY
• CHAPTER XVII ORATION — TERMINATION OF SLAVERY
• CHAPTER XVIII CONDITION OF FREE COLORED PEOPLE
• CHAPTER XIX PERSECUTION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
• CHAPTER XX REMOVAL TO CANADA
• CHAPTER XXI ROUGHING IT IN THE WILDS OF CANADA
• CHAPTER XXII NARROW ESCAPE OF A SMUGGLER
• CHAPTER XXIII NARRATIVE OF TWO FUGITIVES FROM VIRGINIA
• CHAPTER XXIV PLEASANT RE-UNION OF OLD AND TRIED FRIENDS
• CHAPTER XXV PRIVATE LOSSES AND PRIVATE DIFFICULTIES
• CHAPTER XXVI INCIDENTS AND PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIANS
• CHAPTER XXVII OUR DIFFICULTIES WITH ISRAEL LEWIS
• CHAPTER XXVIII DESPERATION OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE
• CHAPTER XXIX A NARROW ESCAPE FROM MY ENEMIES
• CHAPTER XXX DEATH OF B. PAUL, AND RETURN OF HIS BROTHER
• CHAPTER XXXI MY FAMILY RETURN TO ROCHESTER
• CHAPTER XXXII THE LAND AGENT AND THE SQUATTER
• CHAPTER XXXIII CHARACTER AND DEATH OF I. LEWIS
• CHAPTER XXXIV MY RETURN TO ROCHESTER
• CHAPTER XXXV BISHOP BROWN — DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER
• CHAPTER XXXVI CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST OF AUGUST
• CHAPTER XXXVII CONCLUSION
• CORRESPONDENCE LETTER FROM A. STEWARD TO WM. L. GARRISON