num_pages: 432
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"
language: English
title: My Bondage and My Freedom
titlecomplete: My Bondage and My Freedom
characters: Frederick Douglass, Henry Harris
genres: Biography, Politics, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Autobiography, American History, Race, History, African American
ratings_count: 11637
series: The Frederick Douglass Papers Series, The Autobiographies
publisher: Penguin Classics