Hello everyone, This website presents a link that allows one to download the narrative TWENTY YEARS AND SLAVE....... by Austin Steward who was born in Prince William county in 1793 and belonged to a Captain Helm. I've read the first few pages and it gives a vived account of plantation life and describes a few people encountered by young Austin. Steward eventually moved to New York with Helm and became free. He was a businessman and teacher and published this autobiography in 1857. His business proceeds supported Wilberforce, an ex-slave colony of Canada which he eventually joined himself. check out this interesting site: http://docsouth.unc.edu/steward/menu.html rhonda jackson a caution: I have not checked the Pr. Wm. surnames in this narrative--I don't know if Steward was using aliases or not.