ILLUSTRATIONS
THE DEATH OF GOLAH.
'WARE THE TIDE
THE OLD SAILOR SUCCEEDS IN GATHERING SOME SHELL-FISH.
THE SHEIK CAPTURED
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