Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave, credited to Charles Ball, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball. Read in English by Tom Causby; Salma Yasser; Maria Kasper; Fiddlesticks; James K. White; Guy Lederfein; Mike Pelton; Leith Atia This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work. (Summary by Tom Causby)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave
• Author credits: Charles Ball
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 10:47:48

Catalogue topics

• slavery
• biography
• slave

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 27:23
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 43:04
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 41:20
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 30:38
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 24:26
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 20:52
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 29:35
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 7:55
9. 09 - Chapter 9, part 1 — 31:51
10. 10 - Chapter 9, part 2 — 29:41
11. 11 - Chapter 10 — 29:54
12. 12 - Chapter 11, part 1 — 20:35
13. 13 - Chapter 11, part 2 — 21:35
14. 14 - Chapter 12 — 31:21
15. 15 - Chapter 13 — 23:04
16. 16 - Chapter 14, part 1 — 23:35
17. 17 - Chapter 14, part 2 — 18:42
18. 18 - Chapter 15 — 25:50
19. 19 - Chapter 16 — 32:10
20. 20 - Chapter 17 — 24:53
21. 21 - Chapter 18, part 1 — 23:15
22. 22 - Chapter 18, part 2 — 24:31
23. 23 - Chapter 19 — 24:00
24. 24 - Chapter 20, part 1 — 19:47

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