My Bondage and My Freedom

Publisher Marketing: After escaping from slavery, Douglass became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and antislavery writing. He stood out as the living embodiment of an intellectual former slave, the antithesis of slaveholders' arguments that blacks were an inferior race. Douglass remained active in the fight for civil rights and abolition throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction, urging Lincoln to let black men enlist in the Union. As Douglass constantly stated, nobody had more to fight for in the Civil War than black men. Douglass continued his advocacy all the way until his death in 1895. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, advocating on behalf of blacks, women, immigrants and even Native Americans. Douglass famously said, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." 10 years after writing Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845 and still his best-known work, Douglass published his second autobiography, My Bondage and My Freedom, expanding upon his first autobiography by further explaining his transition from slavery to liberty. The autobiography captures the transformation of Douglass from slave to a free abolitionist and social reformer. Review Citations: Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 749 (EAN 9780252014109, Paperback) Booklist 02/15/2003 pg. 1043 (EAN 9780743460590, Paperback) Library Journal 07/01/2003 pg. 134 (EAN 9780743460590, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 976 (EAN 9780140439182, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1462 (EAN 9780140439182, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 749 (EAN 9780874850345, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 749 (EAN 9780486224572, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Douglass, Frederick Frederick Douglass (c.1818 - 1895) Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Douglass wrote several autobiographies. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant, famously quoted as saying, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."