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

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. &quote;Twenty-Two Years a Slave - And Forty Years a Freeman&quote; 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: &quote;Slave Life on the Plantation&quote;, &quote;At the Great House&quote;, &quote;Horse-Racing and its Consequences&quote;, &quote;Journey to our New Home in New York&quote;, &quote;Incidents at Sodus Bay&quote;, &quote;Removal from Sodus to Bath&quote;, &quote;Dueling&quote;, &quote;Horse-Racing and General Training&quote;, &quote;Death Bed and Bridal Scenes&quote;, &quote;Hired out to a New Master&quote;, etc. Read & Co. History is proud to be republishing this classic memoir now in a new edition with an introductory poem by Phillis Wheatley.