Museum object · narratives
My Bondage and My Freedom
1857
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Hardcover book entitled "My Bondage and My Freedom" with an illustration of Frederick Douglass as frontispiece. This slave narrative is dedicated to Gerrit Smith.
- Catalog date
- 1857
- Recorded places
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Antislavery; Freedom; Fugitive enslaved; Identity; Literature; Men; Resistance
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.43.2
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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