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3 books

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.

History

Self-Taught

Heather Andrea Williams

The book follows Black people’s pursuit of reading and schooling before, during, and after the Civil War.