My Bondage and My Freedom by John David Smith, Frederick Douglass

432 pages first pub 1855 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history reflective slow-paced

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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 fore...

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sad 33%
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