My Bondage and My FreedomBy: Frederick Douglass Series: Modern Library Classics My Bondage and My Freedom, writes John Stauffer in his Foreword, [is] a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the Civil War. As his narrative unfolds, Frederick Douglassabolitionist, journalist, orator, and one of the most powerful voices to emerge from the