The book "A New Man: Twenty-Nine Years of Slavery, Twenty-Nine Years of Freedom" is an impressive autobiography of the hero of the African American Bicentennial, Henry Clay Bruce. Turning the pages of this book, the reader is transported to the center of events of the American South of the 19th century, where the author shares his life path from slavery to freedom. The story tells about the incredible trials that Bruce had to go through, as well as about his stubbornness, courage and faith in justice. Readers will be extremely interested in studying the life path of this unusual man who was able to change his fate and become a symbol of the struggle for freedom and dignity.