Austin Stewart

AUSTIN STEWART (1793-1860) WAS A SLAVE,BUSINESSMAN, ADMINISTRATOR AND BIOGRAPHER OF HIS LIFE AS A SLAVE IN AMERICA.

iN 1817, HE CREATED A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS IN ROCHESTER,N.Y.

HE AFTERWARD OPENED A SCHOOL IN CANADA,AND AFTER TWO YEARS BECAME AN AGENT FOR THE "ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD.'

AS AN ELDER HE WROTE OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, "TWENTY-TWO YEARS A SLAVE WHICH APPEARED IN 1857.