Researching Austin Reed
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 21861 people with the Reed surname? In that year Reed was ranked number 156 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Austin means "Majestic dignity" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Austin Reed on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Austin Reed and the Reed Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 27473 people with the Reed surname in the UK? Reed is now ranked number 181 for popularity in the UK. |
Reed Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 370666 people with the Reed surname in the USA? Reed is ranked number 49 for popularity in the USA. |
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Austin Reed (author)
Austin Reed (1823?–?) is the author (as Rob Reed) of The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict, reportedly the first prison memoir by an African American.
Born in Rochester, New York State, Reed was apprenticed to a local farmer in 1832. After being arrested for arson against the farmer's property, he was confined from 1833 to 1839 to the New York House of Refuge, a juvenile detention facility in Manhattan, from which he escaped several times. Indentured to a farmer in Rockland County, New York, in 1839, he soon returned to Rochester, where he was convicted of larceny the following year. He went on to serve several terms in the Auburn State Prison and the Clinton State Prison. Released in 1866, he received a pardon from New York's governor, Samuel J. Tilden, in 1876. Reed lived until at least 1895, according to a manuscript letter preserved in New York State records.
Reed's memoir, written around 1858–59 when he was still incarcerated, was acquired by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale and authenticated by Yale scholar Caleb Smith, who published an edition of the manuscript in early 2016.
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