The Freedmen's Book

Number of Chapters: 60

Length: 9 hours and 26 minutes

Language: English

Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an inspiration to freed slaves. In her dedication to the freedmen, she urges those who can read, to read these stories aloud to others to share the strength and courage of and accomplishments of colored men and women. In that spirit, this recording aims to gives that voice a permanent record. (Summary by Rhonda Federman)

00 - TO THE FREEDMEN (Rhonda Federman)

01 - Ignatius Sancho by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

02 - Extract from the Tenth Psalm (Rhonda Federman)

03 - Prejudice Reproved by Lydia H. Sigourney (Rhonda Federman)

04 - Benjamin Banneker by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

05 - Ethiopia by Frances E. W. Harper - x (Rhonda Federman)

06 - The Hour of Freedom by William Lloyd Garrison (Rhonda Federman)

07 - William Boen by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

08 - Anecdote of General Washington (Rhonda Federman)

09 - Prayer of the Slave by Bernard Barton (Rhonda Federman)

10 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

11 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

12 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 3 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

13 - The Aspirations of Mingo by Mingo, a Slave - x (Rhonda Federman)

14 - Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances E. W. Harper - x (Rhonda Federman)

15 - Phillis Wheatley by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

16 - A Pertinent Question by Frederick Douglass - x (Rhonda Federman)

17 - The Works of Providence by Phillis Wheatley - x (Rhonda Federman)

18 - The Dying Christian by Frances E. W. Harper - x (Rhonda Federman)

19 - Kindness to Animals by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

20 - James Forten by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

21 - The Meeting in the Swamp by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

22 - A Reasonable Request by Peter Williams - x (Rhonda Federman)

23 - The Slave Poet by George Horton, a Slave - x (Rhonda Federman)

24 - Ratie by Mattie Griffith (Rhonda Federman)

25 - The Kingdom of Christ by James Montgomery (Rhonda Federman)

26 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

27 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

28 - The Last Night of Slavery by James Montgomery (Rhonda Federman)

29 - Madison Washington by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

30 - Extract from the Virginia Bill of Rights (Rhonda Federman)

31 - Praise of Creation by George Horton - x (Rhonda Federman)

32 - Frederick Douglass, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

33 - Frederick Douglass, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

34 - How the Good Work goes on (Rhonda Federman)

35 - Dedication Hymn by J. M. Whitefield - x (Rhonda Federman)

36 - A Prayer by John G. Whittier (Rhonda Federman)

37 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

38 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

39 - Spring by George Horton - x (Rhonda Federman)

40 - The Good Grandmother by Harriet Jacobs - x (Rhonda Federman)

41 - The Colored Mother's Prayer (Rhonda Federman)

42 - William Costin (Rhonda Federman)

43 - Education of Children by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

44 - Thank God for Little Children by Frances E. W. Harper - x (Rhonda Federman)

45 - Sam and Andy by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Rhonda Federman)

46 - John Brown by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

47 - The Air of Freedom by Frances E. W. Harper - x (Rhonda Federman)

48 - Emancipation in the District of Columbia by James Madison Bell - x (Rhonda Federman)

49 - The Laws of Health by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

50 - President Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation by Frances E. W. Harper - x (Rhonda Federman)

51 - New-Year's Day on the Islands of South Carolina by Charlotte L. Forten - x (Rhonda Federman)

52 - Song of the Negro Boatmen at Port Royal, S. C. by John G. Whittier (Rhonda Federman)

53 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Henry Wilson (Rhonda Federman)

54 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Judge Kelly (Rhonda Federman)

55 - Black Tom by A Yankee Soldier (Rhonda Federman)

56 - Letter from a Freedman by Jourdon Anderson - x (Rhonda Federman)

57 - Colonel Robert G. Shaw by Eliza B. Sedgwick (Rhonda Federman)

58 - Advice from an Old Friend by L. Maria Child (Rhonda Federman)

59 - Day of Jubilee by A. G. Duncan (Rhonda Federman)

The audiobook The Freedmen's Book falls under the genres of Poetry, Short Stories. It is written by Lydia Maria Child.

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