My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

Penguin, Feb 4, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 432 pages

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"

Contents

• VII: 29
• VIII: 36
• IX: 41
• X: 48
• XI: 61
• XII: 68
• XIII: 81
• XIV: 90
• XV: 97
• XVI: 105
• XVII: 112
• XVIII: 120
• XIX: 127
• XX: 136
• XXI: 150
• XXII: 163
• XXIII: 171
• XXIV: 183
• XXV: 198
• XXVI: 222
• XXVII: 234
• XXVIII: 247
• XXIX: 263
• XXX: 269
• XXXI: 289
• XXXII: 299
• XXXIII: 301
• XXXIV: 317
• XXXV: 326
• XXXVI: 333
• XXXVII: 340
• XXXVIII: 345
• XXXIX: 350
• XL: 356
• XLI: 365

About the author

Frederick Douglass, an outspoken abolitionist, was born into slavery in 1818 and, after his escape in 1838, repeatedly risked his own freedom as an antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher.

John David Smith is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Masters in Public History Program at North Carolina State University.

John David Smith is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Masters in Public History Program at North Carolina State University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: My Bondage and My Freedom; Penguin classics
• Author: Frederick Douglass
• Contributor: John David Smith
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Penguin, 2003
• ISBN: 0140439188, 9780140439182
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies