My Bondage and My Freedom (AmazonClassics Edition) - Hardcover

Douglass, Frederick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1542030536 ISBN 13: 9781542030533

Publisher: AmazonClassics, 2021

Synopsis

In this, Frederick Douglass’s second memoir, the abolitionist leader reflects further on the inhuman oppression he had personally endured and explores the larger impact of such injustice on society as a whole. At the time of writing, Douglass had emerged from chattel slavery in Maryland to a qualified freedom in the North and become a renowned speaker on the power of literacy and self-reliance. This story goes deeper than what Douglass was able to address in his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and that deeper accounting ultimately builds to an inevitable demand: the universal and unconditional emancipation of African Americans.

This edition of My Bondage and My Freedom also includes several of Douglass’s most famous speeches and essays―including his letter to Thomas Auld and his reflections on the Fourth of July―and stands as a harrowing, eloquent, and enduringly relevant declaration of independence.

Revised edition: Previously published as My Bondage and My Freedom, this edition of My Bondage and My Freedom (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

About this title

About the Author

Born into slavery in Maryland as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1818–1895), Douglass escaped and went on to become an orator, author, and national leader in the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. Douglass, who taught himself to read and write, gave many speeches against slavery and was the author of three autobiographies. His first, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, was published in 1845 and became an instant bestseller. His subsequent books, My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, were published in 1855 and 1881. Douglass also became active in politics, successfully campaigning to make ending slavery a key issue in the Civil War and to allow Black soldiers to fight in the Union army. His belief in equality for all continued after the war, as he fought for African American rights and became an active supporter of women’s suffrage until his death.

Edition details

• Publisher: AmazonClassics
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1542030536
• ISBN 13: 9781542030533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412