My Bondage and My Freedom

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