My Bondage and My Freedom - Douglass Frederick

The second volume in Douglass's three great autobiographical narratives, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) was written after he had established himself as a newspaper editor. In this book, Douglass expands upon his previous account of his years as a slave. With great psychological penetration, he probes the long-term and corrosive effects of slavery and comments upon his active resistance to the segregation he encounters in the North. Frederick Douglass was a renowned orator and the text of one of his most powerful speeches "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" can by found in My Bondage and My Freedom.

EAN: 9780743460590