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Steward, Austin, 1794-1860 Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a free man; embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06149 Author/Creator: Steward, Austin, 1794-1860 Place Written: Rochester, New York Type: Book Date: 1857 Pagination: 1 v. : 360 p. : ill. Height: 19.1 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

First edition. Published by William Alling. Includes engraving of Steward. Contains a printed portrait of Steward opposite title page. Signed on inner front cover by Mrs. John Garrett.

Steward, Austin, 1794-1860
Alling, William, 1811-1890

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