Twenty-Two Years a Slave, Forty Years a Free Man Contributor(s): Steward, Austin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815627211 ISBN-13: 9780815627210 Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2002 Annotation: Stocked with details about the author's relationships with antislavery activists Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Nathaniel Paul, and Gerrit Smith, this book offers insight into the creation of African American community life in upstate New York and into the doomed black utopia of Wilberforce. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2002002148 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.44" W x 8.68" L (0.68 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Signed, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: Originally published in 1861, Austin Steward's memoir has long been a staple source of first-hand evidence about activism against slavery and racism by freed blacks. Long out of print, the narrative is now available with additional biographical information and a critical introduction by historian Graham Hodges. The introduction affords an in-depth discussion of Steward's career-rising from enslavement to success as a self-made businessman in upstate New York and as leader of the ill-fated Wilberforce Colony in Ontario, Canada. Hodges also expands upon previous recognition of Steward's sizable role in free black activism in the antebellum northern states. |
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