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My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick Douglass
Douglass's second autobiography, longer and more analytical than the Narrative, on slavery's psychology and his break with Garrison. The mature voice.
Read it if…
you have read the Narrative and want more depth.
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Skip it if…
start with the Narrative.
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Three things you will actually use
- Knowledge makes a man unfit for slavery.
- Think for yourself, even against allies.
- Freedom is claimed.
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Read the chapters on learning to read.
Our verdict
Douglass, mature.
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