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Length8h 53m
About this audiobook
"Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman" is a slave narrative, detailing Austin Steward's early life of enslavement and escape, as well as his years of freedom and work at Wilber force Colony.
Austin Steward (1793 – 1869) was an African-American abolitionist and author. He was born a slave and escaped from Virginia at about age 21, settling in Rochester, New York, and then Canada.
Contents:
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
Capt. Helm — Divorce — Kidnapping
Locate in the Village of Rochester
Incidents in Rochester and Vicinity
Sad Reverses of Capt. Helm
British Emancipation of Slavery
Oration — Termination of Slavery
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 Return to Rochester
The Land Agent and the Squatter
Character and Death of I. Lewis
My Return to Rochester
Bishop Brown — Death of My Daughter
Celebration of the First of August
Correspondence Letter From A. Steward to Wm. L. Garrison
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length8 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 10, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FROM GOVERNOR CLARK
21CHAPTER XIX PERSECUTION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
2PREFACE
22CHAPTER XX REMOVAL TO CANADA
3CHAPTER I SLAVE LIFE ON THE PLANTATION
23CHAPTER XXI ROUGHING IT IN THE WILDS OF CANADA
4CHAPTER II AT THE GREAT HOUSE
24CHAPTER XXII NARROW ESCAPE OF A SMUGGLER
5CHAPTER III HORSE-RACING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
25CHAPTER XXIII NARRATIVE OF TWO FUGITIVES FROM VIRGINIA
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6CHAPTER IV JOURNEY TO OUR NEW HOME IN NEW YORK
26CHAPTER XXIV PLEASANT RE-UNION OF OLD AND TRIED FRIENDS
7CHAPTER V INCIDENTS AT SODUS BAY
27CHAPTER XXV PRIVATE LOSSES AND PRIVATE DIFFICULTIES
8CHAPTER VI REMOVAL FROM SODUS TO BATH
28CHAPTER XXVI INCIDENTS AND PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIANS
9CHAPTER VII DUELING
29CHAPTER XXVII OUR DIFFICULTIES WITH ISRAEL LEWIS
10CHAPTER VIII HORSE-RACING AND GENERAL TRAINING
30CHAPTER XXVIII DESPERATION OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE
11CHAPTER IX DEATH BED AND BRIDAL SCENES
31CHAPTER XXIX A NARROW ESCAPE FROM MY ENEMIES
12CHAPTER X HIRED OUT TO A NEW MASTER
32CHAPTER XXX DEATH OF B. PAUL, AND RETURN OF HIS BROTHER
13CHAPTER XI THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM
33CHAPTER XXXI MY FAMILY RETURN TO ROCHESTER
14CHAPTER XII CAPT. HELM — DIVORCE — KIDNAPPING
34CHAPTER XXXII THE LAND AGENT AND THE SQUATTER
15CHAPTER XIII LOCATE IN THE VILLAGE OF ROCHESTER
35CHAPTER XXXIII CHARACTER AND DEATH OF I. LEWIS
16CHAPTER XIV INCIDENTS IN ROCHESTER AND VICINITY
36CHAPTER XXXIV MY RETURN TO ROCHESTER
17CHAPTER XV SAD REVERSES OF CAPT. HELM
37CHAPTER XXXV BISHOP BROWN — DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER
18CHAPTER XVI BRITISH EMANCIPATION OF SLAVERY
38CHAPTER XXXVI CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST OF AUGUST
19CHAPTER XVII ORATION — TERMINATION OF SLAVERY
39CHAPTER XXXVII CONCLUSION
20CHAPTER XVIII CONDITION OF FREE COLORED PEOPLE
40CORRESPONDENCE LETTER FROM A. STEWARD TO WM. L. GARRISON
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