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Memoir

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

Douglass revisits the details of his enslavement and expands on his life in the abolitionist movement.

Memoir

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Douglass describes enslavement, his pursuit of literacy, and his emergence as an abolitionist.

Memoir

Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

William Wells Brown

Brown describes enslavement and escape, illuminating a life that began near Lexington and led into abolitionism.