MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM is a book that should be mandatory reading for every high school student. The lessons it has within its pages are filled with depth and honesty as it shows the reader a harrowing, brutal and heart breaking look at slavery.Frederick Douglass was a slave for the first two decades of his life, but through determination, luck and maybe a little divine intervention, was able to escape the horrors of slavery. He dedicated his life then to helping with the abolition movement as he spoke throughout Britain and the U.S. against the institution of slavery.One of the most powerful moments in the book is one of these previously mentioned speeches in Britain. Speaking to Parliament members, Douglass lays out his case about why slavery needs to be obliterated from the earth and the things he says, stories he tells are shocking. The saddest part is that everything he tells them is true.This is definitely one of the better autobiographies I've ever read. It's eye opening and shocking throughout, especially when considering that anyone could have ever thought slavery was a good and "holy" practice. I can't for the life of me understand how someone has not made a movie out of this book. Fredrick Douglass' life on the big screen is long over due. I easily give this one 5/5!