My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
32123 words
12 chapters
Synopsis
Always visible content "My Bondage and My Freedom" by Frederick Douglass is an autobiographical slave 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.)
Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: CHAPTER XXI. _My Escape from Slavery_
Chapter 3: CHAPTER XXV. _Various Incidents_
Chapter 4: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 5: CHAPTER I. _Childhood_
Chapter 6: CHAPTER II. _Removed from My First Home_
Chapter 7: CHAPTER III. _Parentage_
Chapter 8: CHAPTER IV. _A General Survey of the Slave Plantation_
Chapter 9: CHAPTER V. _Gradual Initiation to the Mysteries of Slavery_
Chapter 10: CHAPTER VI. _Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd’s Plantation_