Twenty-two Years a Slave

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Author

Steward, Austin, 1794-1860

Title

Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

Credits

Etext produced by William A. Pifer-Foote and PG Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Wilberforce Colony

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11137

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11137

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TWENTY-TWO YEARS A SLAVE,
2. 2.BY AUSTIN STEWARD — 1856 — FROM GOVERNOR CLARK. — MYRON H. CLARK. — ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER, 1856 — MR. WM. ALLING, — RECOMMENDATORY. — ROCHESTER, JULY 1, 1856. — A. STEWARD, ESQ., — EDWIN SCRANTOM.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — SLAVE LIFE ON THE PLANTATION.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — AT THE GREAT HOUSE.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — HORSE-RACING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — JOURNEY TO OUR NEW HOME IN NEW YORK.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — INCIDENTS AT SODUS BAY.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — REMOVAL FROM SODUS TO BATH.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — DUELING.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — HORSE-RACING AND GENERAL TRAINING.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — DEATH BED AND BRIDAL SCENES.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — HIRED OUT TO A NEW MASTER.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — CAPT. HELM—DIVORCE—KIDNAPPING.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — LOCATE IN THE VILLAGE OF ROCHESTER.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — INCIDENTS IN ROCHESTER AND VICINITY.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — SAD REVERSES OF CAPT. HELM.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — BRITISH EMANCIPATION OF SLAVERY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — ORATION—TERMINATION OF SLAVERY. — "ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — CONDITION OF FREE COLORED PEOPLE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — PERSECUTION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — REMOVAL TO CANADA.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — ROUGHING IT IN THE WILDS OF CANADA.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — NARROW ESCAPE OF A SMUGGLER.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — NARRATIVE OF TWO FUGITIVES FROM VIRGINIA.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — PLEASANT RE-UNION OF OLD AND TRIED FRIENDS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — PRIVATE LOSSES AND PRIVATE DIFFICULTIES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — INCIDENTS AND PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIANS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. — OUR DIFFICULTIES WITH ISRAEL LEWIS. — CIRCULAR — ISRAEL LEWIS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. — DESPERATION OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. — A NARROW ESCAPE FROM MY ENEMIES.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. — DEATH OF B. PAUL, AND RETURN OF HIS BROTHER.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. — MY FAMILY RETURN TO ROCHESTER.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE LAND AGENT AND THE SQUATTER.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. — CHARACTER AND DEATH OF I. LEWIS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. — MY RETURN TO ROCHESTER.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. — BISHOP BROWN—DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. — CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST OF AUGUST.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. — CONCLUSION.
41. 41.CORRESPONDENCE. — LETTER FROM A. STEWARD TO WM. L. GARRISON. — MR. GARRISON, — A. STEWARD. — MR. GARRISON'S REPLY TO A. STEWARD. — DEAR SIR: — FROM MR. BAKER TO A. STEWARD. — MR. A. STEWARD, — CORNAL BAKER. — FROM MR. L.A. SPALDING TO A. STEWARD — DEAR FRIEND: — LYMAN A. SPALDING. — AUSTIN STEWARD. — FROM THE CONVENTIONAL BOARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA., TO A. STEWARD. — JUNIUS C. MORRELL. — RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE WILBERFORCE COLONY. — CIRCULAR. — THE BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR THE COLONY, — FROM REV. J. BUDD TO A. STEWARD AND OTHERS. — MESSRS. PAUL AND STEWARD: — JOHN BUDD. — REPLY TO J. BUDD BY A. STEWARD. — A. STEWARD. — FROM A. STEWARD TO G. BANKS AND OTHERS. — MESSRS. BANKS, WILBER, BROCKENBERG & HARRIS: — MY DEAR BROTHER STEWARD: — N. PAUL. — SIRS: — AUSTIN STEWARD. — FROM A. STEWARD TO MR. NELL. — DEAR SIR: — AUSTIN STEWARD. — FROM L.A. SPALDING TO A. STEWARD AND OTHERS. — DEAR FRIENDS: — LYMAN A. SPALDING. — AUSTIN STEWARD & BENJ. PAUL. — FROM REV. S.E. CORNISH TO A. STEWARD. — DEAR STEWARD: — SAMUEL E. CORNISH. — FROM B. LUNDY TO A. STEWARD AND OTHERS. — ESTEEMED FRIENDS: — B. LUNDY. — THE END.

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