{"product_id":"9781411432734","title":"My Bondage and My Freedom (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn a slave, \u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e educated himself, escaped, and became one of the greatest social leaders in American history. Although usually identified with the monumental \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglass produced two additional autobiographies, the second of which he called \u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richer, deeper, and far more ambiguous work than the earlier \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Douglass’s increased intellectual sophistication and maturity. In the decade that had elapsed since Douglass wrote\u003ci\u003e Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, he had broken away from his antislavery mentors, successfully toured England, and established himself as an inspired speaker and writer. With the publication of \u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e in 1855, Douglass became the country’s foremost spokesman for American blacks—free and enslaved—during the tense and politically charged years preceding the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the highlights of \u003ci\u003eMy Bondage and My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is the appendix, which contains excerpts from several of Douglass’s speeches, including perhaps his most famous, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrent Hayes Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Rutgers University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard University Press, 2003) and of numerous articles on twentieth-century African-American literature, contemporary poetry, Francophone Caribbean literature, surrealism, and jazz. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121652646128,"sku":"9781411432734","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411432734_p0.jpg?v=1763721917","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411432734","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}