Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman
- ISBN-10
- 0486434494
- ISBN-13
- 9780486434490
- Series
- Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Courier Dover Publications
- Author
- Austin Steward
Description
Revealing, poignantly written autobiography describes what life in America was like for a former slave: the help he received from abolitionist groups; his years as a successful merchant in Rochester, New York; and his support of a small ex-slave community in Canada.
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