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Caroline asked this question about My Bondage and My Freedom:
Should I read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass first?? Or go straight to My Bondage and My Freedom? I just really want to read about this man!
Rob Stockton My bet is that Douglass would probably consider My Bondage and My Freedom a more complete telling. He wrote it after he broke with Garrison and the re…moreMy bet is that Douglass would probably consider My Bondage and My Freedom a more complete telling. He wrote it after he broke with Garrison and the rest of the American Anti-Slavery Society and spent time in England, so it includes discussion of northern racism/white paternalism and draws on trans-Atlantic cultural comparisons.

The Narrative Life is still a great introduction to the guy, though, and it's a bit shorter, so that might be up your street. Either would be a valid place to start!(less)
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My Bondage and My Freedom
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