My Bondage and My Freedom

After ten years of introspection following his formal liberation in 1846 and his separation with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison, ex-slave Frederick Douglass’s second autobiography thrust him into the international limelight as the leading advocate for American blacks, both free and slave. My Bondage and My Freedom was written during Frederick Douglass’ illustrious career as a speaker and newspaper editor, and it depicts a more mature, assertive, analytical, and complicated Frederick Douglass, with a stronger devotion to the battle for equal rights and liberties.