{"product_id":"twenty-two-years-a-slave-and-austin-steward-9788027334131","title":"Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman","description":"\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Austin Steward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8027334136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788027334131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Madison \u0026amp; Adams Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d","brand":"Austin Steward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079512420607,"sku":"9788027334131","price":12.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d71520ec-8747-47c7-a923-b2c31e3df0d4.jpg?v=1685481570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twenty-two-years-a-slave-and-austin-steward-9788027334131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}