TWENTY-TWO YEARS A SLAVE AND FORTY YEARS A FREEMAN By Austin Steward 1856 CONTENTS PREFACE. 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. CORRESPONDENCE. THE STORY OF MATTIE J. JACKSON Her Parentage-Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery-Incidents During the War-Her Escape from Slavery By Dr. L. S. Thompson CONTENTS MATTIE'S STORY 5 THEIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEIR ESCAPE 9 THE SOLDIERS, AND OUR TREATMENT DURING THE WAR 13 MR. LEWIS CALLS AT THE BOARDING HOUSE 17 RELEASED FROM THE TRADER'S YARD AND TAKEN TO HER NEW MASTER 19 CAPT. TIRRELL REMOVES THE FAMILY—ANOTHER STRATEGY 20 THE FARE AT THEIR NEW HOMES 25 MATTIE IN INDIANAPOLIS—THE GLORY OF FREEDOM—LINCOLN 28 SISTER LOST—MOTHER'S ESCAPE 31 MOTHER'S MARRIAGE 33 MATTIE MEETS HER OLD MASTER—GOES TO SERVICE—IS SENT FOR 33 SUMMARY 37 CHRISTIANITY 38 End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Index of Project Gutenberg Works on Black History, by Various