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My Bondage and My Freedom

By Frederick Douglass
Introduction by John Stauffer

By Frederick Douglass
Introduction by John Stauffer

By Frederick Douglass
Introduction by John Stauffer

By Frederick Douglass
Introduction by John Stauffer

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Part of Modern Library Classics

Paperback $16.00

Oct 14, 2003 | ISBN 9780812970319

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Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307431509

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    About My Bondage and My Freedom

    “My Bondage and My Freedom,” writes John Stauffer in his Foreword, “[is] a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the Civil War.” As his narrative unfolds, Frederick Douglass—abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one of the most powerful voices to emerge from the American civil rights movement—transforms himself from slave to fugitive to reformer, leaving behind a legacy of social, intellectual, and political thought. Set from the text of the 1855 first edition, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes Douglass’s original Appendix, composed of excerpts from the author’s speeches as well as a letter he wrote to his former master.

    About My Bondage and My Freedom

    “My Bondage and My Freedom,” writes John Stauffer in his Foreword, “[is] a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the Civil War.” As his narrative unfolds, Frederick Douglass—abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one of the most powerful voices to emerge from the American civil rights movement—transforms himself from slave to fugitive to reformer, leaving behind a legacy of social, intellectual, and political thought. Set from the text of the 1855 first edition, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes Douglass’s original Appendix, composed of excerpts from the author’s speeches as well as a letter he wrote to his former master.

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    About Frederick Douglass

    FREDERICK DOUGLASS, an outspoken abolitionist, was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818 and, after his escape in 1838, repeatedly risked his own freedom as a prominent anti-slavery lecturer, writer, and publisher. After the Civil War he continued to work… More about Frederick Douglass

    About Frederick Douglass

    FREDERICK DOUGLASS, an outspoken abolitionist, was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818 and, after his escape in 1838, repeatedly risked his own freedom as a prominent anti-slavery lecturer, writer, and publisher. After the Civil War he continued to work… More about Frederick Douglass

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Classic Nonfiction | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Oct 14, 2003 | 384 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812970319

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Classic Nonfiction | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Dec 18, 2007 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9780307431509
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    “My Bondage and My Freedom, besides giving a fresh impulse to antislavery literature, [shows] upon its pages the untiring industry of the ripe scholar.”—William Wells Brown

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