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Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman

 
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Source: Original data: Steward, Austin,. Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman : embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West. Rochester, N.Y.: W. Alling, 1857.
 
Subjects:   Steward, Austin, 1794-1860.
Slavery -- Virginia.
Slaves
Wilberforce Colony.
Virginia
Canada -- Ontario
 
Location:   Wilberforce Colony.
 
Table of Contents
 
Front matter
Title page
Table of Contents
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
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