{"product_id":"2940012945204","title":"My Bondage and My Freedom (Illustrated with Original Commentary)","description":"With the possible exception of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities’ civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass 1818–1895), an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. His list of accomplishments would be impressive enough even without taking into account the fact that he was born into slavery. \u003cbr\u003eWhen Douglass was about 12, his slaveowner’s wife Sophia Auld began teaching him the alphabet in defiance of the South’s laws against teaching slaves how to read. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglass taught himself how to read and write with his knowledge of the alphabet, which also made him yearn for freedom. On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped slavery by traveling by boat to Delaware, Philadelphia, and finally New York, all in the span of a day. Douglass found a “new world had opened upon me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf all his speeches and writings, his most famous are his autobiographies. The first was Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845 and still his best-known work. With vivid description and detail, the autobiography describes the events of Douglass’ life in chains and his newfound freedom, becoming one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement. 10 years later, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of My Bondage and My Freedom is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and dozens of images of Douglass’ life and times.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068584280304,"sku":"2940012945204","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012945204_p0.jpg?v=1763574403","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012945204","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}