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The Most Powerful Voices

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The Most Powerful Voices

10 Influential Slave NarrativesBy Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Josiah Henson, Olaudah Equino, Mary Prince, Booker T. Washington

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This collection presents the memoirs that had the greatest historical. These powerful voices unco-vered the unfeasible truth about the horrors of slavery, they changed the way people think and feel about the institution itself, and they had a far reaching influence on the expansion of anti-slavery movement in the Northern States of America and British Empire. This edition includes: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano The History of Mary Prince Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)

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GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics

Length53 hrs 39 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateFeb 17, 2023

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (pt. 1)

15Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 2)

2The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (pt. 2)

16Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 3)

3The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (pt. 3)

17Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 4)

4The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (pt. 4)

18Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft (pt. 1)

5The History of Mary Prince (pt. 1)

19Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft (pt. 2)

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6The History of Mary Prince (pt. 2)

20Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (pt. 1)

7Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (pt. 1)

21Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (pt. 2)

8Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (pt. 2)

22Father Henson&#x27;s Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) (pt. 1)

9Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs (pt. 1)

23Father Henson&#x27;s Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) (pt. 2)

10Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs (pt. 2)

24Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 1)

11Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs (pt. 3)

25Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 2)

12Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs (pt. 4)

26Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 3)

13The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

27Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (pt. 4)

14Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) (pt. 1)

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