Douglass Publishes Second Autobiography - My Bondage and My Freedom

As a fugitive in exile, Frederick Douglass attacked slavery.

In speeches he spoke of the hypocrisy of freedom-loving slaveholders. To combat propaganda about happy slaves and kind masters, Douglass published two (of an eventual three) autobiographies, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), and My Bondage, My Freedom (1855) detailing slavery's horrors. Although friends secured his legal freedom through a negotiated purchase with his owner in 1846, Douglass never ceased to aid other fugitives. His attack on slavery was relentless throughout the 1840s and 1850s.

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an expansion of his first (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass), discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty. Douglass, a former slave, following his liberation went on to become a prominent abolitionist, speaker, author, and publisher.