Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman
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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.
IntroductionixLetter from Governor Clark3Testimony from Rochester Citizens5Recommendatory7Preface9ISlave Life on the Plantation11IIAt the Great House15IIIHorse-Racing and Its Consequences27IVJourney to Our New Home in New York34VIncidents at Sodus Bay37VIRemoval from Sodus to Bath39VIIDueling41VIIIHorse-Racing and General Training44IXDeath-Bed and Bridal Scenes53XHired Out to a New Master58XIThoughts on Freedom66XIICaptain Helm--Divorce--Kidnaping72XIIILocate in the Village of Rochester77XIVIncidents in Rochester and Vicinity85XVSad Reverses of Captain Helm89XVIBritish Emancipation of Slavery92XVIIOration--Termination of Slavery in the British Possessions94XVIIICondition of Free Colored People101XIXPersecution of the Colored People106XXRemoval to Canada113XXIRoughing It in the Wilds of Canada117XXIINarrow Escape of A Smuggler120XXIIINarrative of Two Fugitives from Virginia124XXIVPleasant Re-Union of Old and Tried Friends129XXVPrivate Losses and Private Difficulties134XXVIIncidents and Peculiarities of the Indians136XXVIIOur Difficulties with Israel Lewis141XXVIIIDesperation of A Fugitive Slave149XXIXA Narrow Escape from My Enemies153XXXDeath of B. Paul and Return of His Brother156XXXIMy Family Return to Rochester162XXXIIThe Land Agent and the Squatter166XXXIIICharacter and Death of Israel Lewis171XXXIVMy Return to Rochester175XXXVBishop Brown--Death of My Daughter180XXXVICelebration of the First of August187XXXVIIConclusion190Correspondence205
