My Bondage and My Freedom - Softcover

Douglass, Frederick; Naney, C Wade

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490405100 ISBN 13: 9781490405100

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

He was born a slave and when he died his body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. In MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM, Frederick Douglass details the early stages of his remarkable journey. First published in 1855—at the height of Douglass’s involvement in the abolitionist movement—his narrative describes the steps that had led him to the forefront of the struggle for racial justice. Abolitionist sentiment was by no means common in the “free states” to which Douglass had fled. Persons of color were considered naturally inferior to Caucasians—even among many of those who were active in the movement. The powerful voice of Frederick Douglass gave the lie to that sentiment. His eloquence and courage symbolized at a critical moment to true potential of the thousands who were enslaved, denied education, and destined, it seemed, to spend their lives in cruel labor from which they, themselves, received no benefit and no credit. With his escape from bondage, Frederick Douglass took his voice to the only part of his country where it could be heard. Once there, he took it across the free states of his own country and over the ocean to the British Isles. MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM has taken that voice across centuries.

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From the Back Cover:

He is one of the greatest Americans in the history of the nation: editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818-1895) arrived on the national scene in 1841 to such universal acclaim that it seemed impossible for his admirers to conceive that he had been born and raised within chains. The first of his three autobiographies, 1845's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (also available from Cosimo), was written mainly to explain how he accomplished this astonishing feat.

This, the second of his life stories, was published in 1855, and offers a more in-depth and--though seemingly impossible--even more thoughtful exploration of his life as a slave and his journey to escape it than his first book had. Douglass also discusses the challenges of life not only as a free man but as a famous one much in demand, as a public speaker in the Northern States and in Great Britain as well.

This edition also includes the original publication's appendix, which features letters and speeches by the great man.

A foundational work of African-American literature and a vital document of 19th-century American history, this is the extraordinary tale of a personal battle for freedom that became a fight for the very soul of a nation

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1490405100
• ISBN 13: 9781490405100
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188