| Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Steward, Austin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409972313 ISBN-13: 9781409972310 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $17.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Austin Steward (1793-1860) was an African-American abolitionist and author. He was born a slave of William Helm in Prince William County, Virginia. In 1815, Steward escaped to Canada where he joined the Wilberforce Colony, an establishment of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). His autobiography, Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman was published in 1856. |
