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Freedmen's Book

Name: Freedmen's Book
Author: Lydia Maria Child

Lydia Maria Child

Read by Rhonda Federman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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00 - TO THE FREEDMEN (1:38)
01 - Ignatius Sancho by L. Maria Child (23:53)
02 - Extract from the Tenth Psalm (1:07)
03 - Prejudice Reproved by Lydia H. Sigourney (1:16)
04 - Benjamin Banneker by L. Maria Child (20:08)
05 - Ethiopia by Frances E. W. Harper - x (1:56)
06 - The Hour of Freedom by William Lloyd Garrison (0:51)
07 - William Boen by L. Maria Child (10:53)
08 - Anecdote of General Washington (2:15)
09 - Prayer of the Slave by Bernard Barton (2:00)
10 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (29:31)
11 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (35:14)
12 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 3 by L. Maria Child (41:43)
13 - The Aspirations of Mingo by Mingo, a Slave - x (3:03)
14 - Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances E. W. Harper - x (0:55)
15 - Phillis Wheatley by L. Maria Child (15:26)
16 - A Pertinent Question by Frederick Douglass - x (1:40)
17 - The Works of Providence by Phillis Wheatley - x (4:59)
18 - The Dying Christian by Frances E. W. Harper - x (0:56)
19 - Kindness to Animals by L. Maria Child (7:57)
20 - James Forten by L. Maria Child (6:15)
21 - The Meeting in the Swamp by L. Maria Child (14:37)
22 - A Reasonable Request by Peter Williams - x (1:02)
23 - The Slave Poet by George Horton, a Slave - x (5:57)
24 - Ratie by Mattie Griffith (18:49)
25 - The Kingdom of Christ by James Montgomery (1:30)
26 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (25:45)
27 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (18:58)
28 - The Last Night of Slavery by James Montgomery (1:18)
29 - Madison Washington by L. Maria Child (14:58)
30 - Extract from the Virginia Bill of Rights (1:10)
31 - Praise of Creation by George Horton - x (1:23)
32 - Frederick Douglass, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (21:07)
33 - Frederick Douglass, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (19:22)
34 - How the Good Work goes on (1:21)
35 - Dedication Hymn by J. M. Whitefield - x (2:49)
36 - A Prayer by John G. Whittier (0:47)
37 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 1 by L. Maria Child (28:43)
38 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 2 by L. Maria Child (23:08)
39 - Spring by George Horton - x (1:58)
40 - The Good Grandmother by Harriet Jacobs - x (27:51)
41 - The Colored Mother's Prayer (1:24)
42 - William Costin (1:56)
43 - Education of Children by L. Maria Child (10:28)
44 - Thank God for Little Children by Frances E. W. Harper - x (1:36)
45 - Sam and Andy by Harriet Beecher Stowe (29:05)
46 - John Brown by L. Maria Child (3:38)
47 - The Air of Freedom by Frances E. W. Harper - x (3:12)
48 - Emancipation in the District of Columbia by James Madison Bell - x (2:46)
49 - The Laws of Health by L. Maria Child (8:37)
50 - President Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation by Frances E. W. Harper - x (1:54)
51 - New-Year's Day on the Islands of South Carolina by Charlotte L. Forten - x (12:45)
52 - Song of the Negro Boatmen at Port Royal, S. C. by John G. Whittier (2:40)
53 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Henry Wilson (5:57)
54 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Judge Kelly (4:43)
55 - Black Tom by A Yankee Soldier (3:04)
56 - Letter from a Freedman by Jourdon Anderson - x (6:10)
57 - Colonel Robert G. Shaw by Eliza B. Sedgwick (2:13)
58 - Advice from an Old Friend by L. Maria Child (16:42)
59 - Day of Jubilee by A. G. Duncan (1:12)