By Yugoboy, May 25, 2012
	1. Austin Steward 1793-1869 Marker

Steward served as a trustee of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. As an ardent Abolitionist, he participated in many anti slavery conventions. His autobiography, published in Rochester in 1857, Twenty-Two Years a Slave, Forty Years a Free Man , provided a rare portrait of the experience of black Americans before the Civil War.
 
Location. 43° 9.396′ N, 77° 36.55′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. Marker is at the intersection of Main St. E. and St. Paul, on the right when traveling west on Main St. E.. Click for map. Marker is on a granite pedestal and can only be read from the sidewalk, although the pedestal can be seen from the roadside. Marker is in this post office area: Rochester NY 14604, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Main Street Bridge (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); The Genesee River (about 300 feet away); Erie Canal (about 300 feet away); From Hunting Ground to City (about 400 feet away); Early Mills and Races (about 500 feet away); Front Street (about 500 feet away); Historic Site in Journalism (about 800 feet away); Second Erie Canal Aqueduct (about 800 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in Rochester.

	By Yugoboy, May 25, 2012
	2. Austin Steward 1793-1869 Marker
	Wide shot of Marker and intersection of Main St. and St. Paul. Marker is the dark grey pedestal in the lower center of picture.

 
Regarding Austin Steward 1793-1869. Marker is a few yards east of the Downtown Radisson Hotel. Inside the hotel near the Skyway over to the Rochester Riverside Convention Center is a bust and series of murals of Austin Steward.