My Bondage and My Freedom

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My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical slave narrative
book
nonfiction book
author Douglass
surface form: Frederick Douglass
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
expandsOn Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
follows Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
genre African-American literature
autobiography
slave narrative
hasCanonicalStatus classic of African-American literature
hasInfluenced African-American autobiographical writing
American abolitionist literature
hasPart account of Douglass’s childhood in slavery
account of Douglass’s escape from slavery
critique of American racism
critique of American slavery
reflections on freedom and citizenship
hasTheme bondage and freedom
education and literacy
family separation under slavery
identity and self-emancipation
moral hypocrisy of slavery
religion and slavery
resistance to oppression
isSequelTo Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
literaryForm prose
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
mainCharacter Douglass
surface form: Frederick Douglass
mediaType print
movement abolitionist movement
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor critique of Northern racism
detailed analysis of slavery as an institution
exploration of the meaning of freedom
originalLanguage English
pageCountApproximate 464
placeOfPublication Auburn, New York
New York City
publicationYear 1855
publisher Miller, Orton & Mulligan
setting Maryland
Massachusetts
New York City
subject Douglass
surface form: Frederick Douglass

abolitionism
racism in the United States
slavery in the United States
timePeriodDescribed early 19th century

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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass follows My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass notableWork My Bondage and My Freedom
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass relatedWork My Bondage and My Freedom
Douglass wrote My Bondage and My Freedom
subject surface form: Frederick Douglass