My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

9 by Frederick Douglass, Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | 32123 words

Introduction

Always visible content "My Bondage and My Freedom" by Frederick Douglass is an autobiographical slav...e narrative published in 1855. The second of Douglass's three autobiographies, it expands upon his first narrative, depicting in greater detail his journey from enslavement to freedom. Following his liberation, Douglass became a prominent abolitionist, orator, author, newspaper publisher, and advocate for women's rights. The book features an introduction by James McCune Smith, whom Douglass called the "foremost black influence" of Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Chapters

12 chapters
Ch. 1

Chapter 1

Ch. 2

CHAPTER XXI. _My Escape from Slavery_

Ch. 3

CHAPTER XXV. _Various Incidents_

Ch. 4

INTRODUCTION

Ch. 5

CHAPTER I. _Childhood_

Ch. 6

CHAPTER II. _Removed from My First Home_

Ch. 7

CHAPTER III. _Parentage_

Ch. 8

CHAPTER IV. _A General Survey of the Slave Plantation_

Ch. 9

CHAPTER V. _Gradual Initiation to the Mysteries of Slavery_

Ch. 10

CHAPTER VI. _Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd’s Plantation_