<I>My Bondage and My Freedom</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1857
name: label: Written by
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Published by
content: Miller, Orton & Co.
label: Subject of
content: Gerrit Smith, American, 1794 - 1874
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover book entitled "My Bondage and My Freedom" with an illustration of Frederick Douglass as frontispiece. This slave narrative is dedicated to Gerrit Smith.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elizabeth Cassell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.43.2
objectType: label: Type
content: narratives
label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, cardboard, leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (19.1 x 14 x 4.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (IN SPECIALLY MADE STAND): 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (13 × 18.6 × 19.1 cm)