Front Matter

THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS PAPERS

Series Two: Autobiographical Writings VOLUME 2: BONDAGE AND FREEDOM

Fred' Douglass, c. 1858-59. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan

THE

FREDERICK DOUGLASS PAPERS Series Two: Autobiographical Writings Volume 2: My Bondage and My Freedom

John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, and Peter P. Hinks, Editors L. Diane Barnes, Associate Editor Sean P. Adams, Assistant Editor Gerald Fulkerson, Textual Editor Rachael L. Drenovky, Mark G. Emerson, Victoria C Gruber, Racquel Henry, C. Jane Holtan, Heather Hutchinson, Andrea Shan Johnson, and Jonathan Nist, Editorial Assistants

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Frontispiece: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The New York Public Library. The preparation of this volume of the Frederick Douglass Papers was made possible through grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Division of Research Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Goldsmith Foundation, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Published with assistance from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Copyright © 2003 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Set in Times Roman type by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printed in the United States of America by Vail-Ballou Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Douglass, Frederick. 1818 - 1895. The Frederick Douglass papers. Series two. Autobiographical writings / John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, and Peter P. Hinks, editors; L. Diane Barnes. associate editor Sean P. Adams, assistant editor; Gerald Fulkerson, textual editor; Rachael L. Drenovsky, Mark G. Emerson, Victoria C. Gruber, Racquel Henry, C. Jane Holtan . Heather Hutchinson, Andrea Shan Johnson, and Jonathan Nist, editorial assistants. p. cm .

Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 2. My Bondage and My freedom ISBN 0-300-09173-7 (v. 2 : alk . paper)

I . Douglass. Frederick. 1818 - 1895. African American abolitionists - Biography. 3. Abolitionists - United States - Biography. 4. Antislavery movements - United States - History 19th century. 5. Fugitive slaves - Maryland - Biography. 6. Slaves - Maryland - Social conditions - 19th century. 7. Plantation life - Maryland - History - 19th century I. Blassingame. John W., 1940 - 2000. II. McKivigan. John R . 1949 - III. Hinks, Peter P. IV. Title. V. Series. E-149.D738 2003b 973.8'092 - dc21 2003005833

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Mary F. Berry Richard J. M. Blackett Carl Degler John Hope Franklin Robert L. Hall Louis R. Harlan Darlene C. Hine Howard Lamar Howard Temperley George B. Tindall