My Bondage and My Freedom

By Frederick Douglass

Subjects: Slaves, united states, social conditions, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Plantation life, African Americans, Nonfiction, Large type books, Antislavery movements, united states, Slavery, Afro-Americans, Fugitive slaves, united states, Afro-American abolitionists, Fugitive slaves, Maryland, history, Fiction, Social conditions, Antislavery movements, Douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, African American abolitionists, Slaves, Abolitionists, History, Anti-slavery movements, Classic Literature, Biografias

Description: Ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography-written after ten years of reflection following his legal emancipation in 1846 and his break with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison-catapulted Douglass into the international spotlight as the foremost spokesman for American blacks, both freed and slave. Written during his celebrated career as a speaker and newspaper editor, My Bondage and My Freedom reveals the author of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) grown more mature, forceful, analytical, and complex with a deepened commitment to the fight for equal rights and liberties.