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Twenty-Two Years a Slave - And Forty Years a Freeman

Twenty-Two Years a Slave - And Forty Years a Freeman

Steward, Austin

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ISBN10: 1528718062
ISBN13: 9781528718066
Publisher: Read & Co. History
Published: Jul 31 2020
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Austin Steward (1793-1869) was an African-American author and abolitionist. Born into slavery, he managed to escape from Virginia aged 21 and moved to Rochester, New York before settling in Canada. Twenty-Two Years a Slave - And Forty Years a Freeman is Steward's astonishing 1856 autobiography within which he recounts the travails of his harrowing life as a slave in America, as well as his experiences as a free man. A compelling and heart-breaking slave narrative that will appeal to those with an interest in this dark chapter of American history. Contents include: 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, etc. Read & Co. History is proud to be republishing this classic memoir now in a new edition with an introductory poem by Phillis Wheatley.

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