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Twenty-two years a slave and forty years a freeman, Austin Steward ; with an introduction by Graham Russell Hodges

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Twenty-two years a slave and forty years a freeman

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Austin Steward ; with an introduction by Graham Russell Hodges

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 -- Captain Helm divorce kidnapping -- Located in the village of Rochester -- Incidents in Rochester and vicinity -- Sad reverses of Captain Helm -- British emancipation of slavery -- Oration-termination of slavery in the British possessions -- 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 returns to Rochester -- The land agent and the squatters -- Character and death of Israel Lewis -- My return to Rochester -- Bishop Browndeath-death of my daughter -- Celebration of the first of August