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My Bondage and My Freedom

by Frederick Douglass

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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.

...unparalleled in its complete scope of the utter destructive effects of slavery upon individuals and the larger group

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Categories:

Autobiography African American Race Politics History Biography American History Classics Non-fiction

Language:

English

Length:

432 pages

Author:

Frederick Douglass
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