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A Life in Chains
The Juneteenth Edition: Novels, Memoirs, Interviews, Testimonies, Studies, Official Records on Slavery and AbolitionismBy Frederick Douglass, Harriet E. Wilson, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Lydia Maria Child, William Wells Brown, Charles W. Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, Booker T. WashingtonLength335h 14m
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e-artnow presents the collection of the recorded testimonies of former slaves, memoirs, historical studies, reports of the life and laws in the south, legislation on civil rights, as well as popular fiction which unveiled the injustice and horrors of slavery to the masses:
Slave Narratives
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The Underground Railroad
Harriet: The Moses of Her People
12 Years a Slave
Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith Who Was Executed for Burglary
From the Darkness Cometh the Light
Up From Slavery
Willie Lynch Letter
Confessions of Nat Turner
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
History of Mary Prince
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Thirty Years a Slave
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Behind The Scenes
Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Fifty Years in Chains
Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb
Story of Mattie J. Jackson
A Slave Girl's Story
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Buried Alive For a Quarter of a Century
Historical Documents:
Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868)
Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)
Studies:
Captain Canot
History of American Abolitionism
Pictures of Slavery in Church and State
Report on Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act
Pearl Incident
Novels:
Oroonoko
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Heroic Slave
Slavery's Pleasant Homes
Our Nig
Clotelle
Marrow of Tradition
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
A Fool's Errand
Bricks Without Straw
Imperium in Imperio
The Hindered Hand
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length335 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Novels & Novellas
88The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 3)
2Oroonoko; or, the Royal Slave (Aphra Behn) (pt. 1)
89The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 4)
3Oroonoko; or, the Royal Slave (Aphra Behn) (pt. 2)
90The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 5)
4Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 1)
91The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 6)
5Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 2)
92The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 7)
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6Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 3)
93The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 8)
7Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 4)
94The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 9)
8Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 5)
95The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 10)
9Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 6)
96The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 11)
10Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 7)
97The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 12)
11Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 8)
98The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 13)
12Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe) (pt. 9)
99The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 14)
13Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) (pt. 1)
100The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 15)
14Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) (pt. 2)
101The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 16)
15Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) (pt. 3)
102The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 17)
16Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) (pt. 4)
103The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 18)
17Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) (pt. 5)
104Harriet: The Moses of Her People (Sarah H. Bradford) (pt. 1)
18The Heroic Slave (Frederick Douglass)
105Harriet: The Moses of Her People (Sarah H. Bradford) (pt. 2)
19Slavery's Pleasant Homes (Lydia Maria Child) (pt. 1)
106Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) (pt. 1)
20Slavery's Pleasant Homes (Lydia Maria Child) (pt. 2)
107Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) (pt. 2)
21Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House (Harriet E. Wilson) (pt. 1)
108Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball) (pt. 1)
22Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House (Harriet E. Wilson) (pt. 2)
109Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball) (pt. 2)
23Clotelle; or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States (William Wells Brown) (pt. 1)
110Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball) (pt. 3)
24Clotelle; or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States (William Wells Brown) (pt. 2)
111Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball) (pt. 4)
25Clotelle; or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States (William Wells Brown) (pt. 3)
112Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball) (pt. 5)
26The Marrow of Tradition (Charles W. Chesnutt) (pt. 1)
113Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) (pt. 1)
27The Marrow of Tradition (Charles W. Chesnutt) (pt. 2)
114Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) (pt. 2)
28The Marrow of Tradition (Charles W. Chesnutt) (pt. 3)
115Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) (pt. 3)
29The Marrow of Tradition (Charles W. Chesnutt) (pt. 4)
116Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) (pt. 4)
30The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson) (pt. 1)
117Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Henry Bibb) (pt. 1)
31The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson) (pt. 2)
118Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Henry Bibb) (pt. 2)
32The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson) (pt. 3)
119Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Henry Bibb) (pt. 3)
33A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 1)
120The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (William Wells Brown)
34A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 2)
121The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson)
35A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 3)
122A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold)
36A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 4)
123From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom (Lucy A. Delaney)
37A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 5)
124Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America (Moses Grandy)
38A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 6)
125Narrative of Joanna; An Emancipated Slave, of Surinam (John Gabriel Stedman)
39Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 1)
126Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box, Written by Himself (Henry Box Brown)
40Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 2)
127Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (Margaretta Matilda Odell)
41Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 3)
128Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines) (pt. 1)
42Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 4)
129Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines) (pt. 2)
43Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 5)
130Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines) (pt. 3)
44Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 6)
131Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines) (pt. 4)
45Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée) (pt. 7)
132Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro
46Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 1)
133Historical Documents
47Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 2)
134Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 1)
48Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 3)
135Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 2)
49The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 1)
136Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 3)
50The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 2)
137Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 4)
51The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 3)
138Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 5)
52The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist (Sutton E. Griggs) (pt. 4)
139Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 6)
53Slave Narratives
140Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot) (pt. 7)
54Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass) (pt. 1)
141Pearl Incident: Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, the Captain (Daniel Drayton) (pt. 1)
55Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass) (pt. 2)
142Pearl Incident: Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, the Captain (Daniel Drayton) (pt. 2)
5612 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 1)
143The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 1)
5712 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 2)
144The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 2)
5812 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 3)
145The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 3)
5912 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 4)
146The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 4)
60The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! (Willie Lynch)
147The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 5)
61The Confessions of Nat Turner (Nat Turner)
148The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 6)
62Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (Sojourner Truth) (pt. 1)
149The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 7)
63Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (Sojourner Truth) (pt. 2)
150The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 8)
64Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) (pt. 1)
151The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 9)
65Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) (pt. 2)
152The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 10)
66Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) (pt. 3)
153The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson) (pt. 11)
67Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) (pt. 4)
154History of American Abolitionism from 1787 to 1861 (F. G. De Fontaine) Confederacy Propaganda (pt. 1)
68The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince) (pt. 1)
155History of American Abolitionism from 1787 to 1861 (F. G. De Fontaine) Confederacy Propaganda (pt. 2)
69The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince) (pt. 2)
156Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (John Dixon Long) (pt. 1)
70Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft) (pt. 1)
157Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (John Dixon Long) (pt. 2)
71Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft) (pt. 2)
158Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (John Dixon Long) (pt. 3)
72Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes) (pt. 1)
159Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (John Dixon Long) (pt. 4)
73Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes) (pt. 2)
160Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston for Burglary
74Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave (Jacob D. Green)
161Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave (pt. 1)
75Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 1)
162Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave (pt. 2)
76Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 2)
163Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (Ida B. Wells-Barnett)
77Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 3)
164The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal to the Legislators of Massachusetts (Lydia Maria Child)
78Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 4)
165Emancipation Proclamation
79The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano) (pt. 1)
166Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)
80The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano) (pt. 2)
167Gettysburg Address
81The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano) (pt. 3)
168Civil Rights Legislation
82The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano) (pt. 4)
169Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)
83Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave & Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) (pt. 1)
170Civil Rights Act of 1866
84Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave & Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) (pt. 2)
171Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868)
85Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave & Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) (pt. 3)
172Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)
86The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 1)
173Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)
87The Underground Railroad (William Still) (pt. 2)