My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith

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Title:	My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith
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Editor?s Preface: If the volume now presented to the public were a mere work of ART, the history of its misfortune might be written in two very simple words?TOO LATE. The nature and character of slavery have been subjects of an almost endless variety of artistic representation; and after the brilliant achievements in that field, and while those achievements are yet fresh in the memory of the million, he who would add another to the legion, must ...

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CONTENTS EDITORS PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 LIFE AS A SLAVE? I--CHILDHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 II--REMOVED FROM MY FIRST HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 III--PARENTAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 IV--A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 V--GRADUAL INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF SLAVERY. . . . . . . . . 61