My Bondage and My Freedom (Penguin Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Frederick Douglass

ISBN 10

0140439188

ISBN 13

9780140439182

Tags

African-American & Black, United States, American Civil War, Memoirs, Abolition, State & Local, Slavery & Emancipation, African-American Studies, Social Sciences

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. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by John David Smith" - from Amzon

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