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The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him by William H. Councill: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 23 original MP3 tracks, 2:13:55 running time and a link to listen.

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The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him, credited to William H. Councill, 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 The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him by William H. Councill. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Geoff Blanchard; mleigh; Jim Locke; Rebecca Eden Walker; Wayne Cooke; Barbara; Steve C William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama. This short volume consists of short pieces of advice to the Negro workers of his time with some statistical information at the end. Councill reflects many of the attitudes and opinions of his time. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

Recording facts

  • Recording title: The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him
  • Author credits: William H. Councill
  • Language: English
  • Original MP3 tracks: 23
  • Combined MP3 track duration: 2:13:55

Track guide

  1. 01 - Preface and The Laborer — 4:59
  2. 02 - What is Labor — 1:52
  3. 03 - The Proportion of the Two Classes — 3:10
  4. 04 - The Morals of Labor — 3:57
  5. 05 - Labor Capital and Wealth — 3:56
  6. 06 - Agrarianism — 4:59
  7. 07 - Strikes — 5:17
  8. 08 - Labor Organizations — 9:16
  9. 09 - The Negro and the Labor Question — 5:39
  10. 10 - The Laborer's Education and Home — 17:51
  11. 11 - Buy a Home — 2:50
  12. 12 - The Newspapers and the Negro — 4:28
  13. 13 - A Plain Question for Southern Consideration — 7:17
  14. 14 - Social Equality — 5:45
  15. 15 - The Employer — 3:57
  16. 16 - Be a Good Citizen — 4:18
  17. 17 - Well Done — 6:07
  18. 18 - Conclusion — 3:29
  19. 19 - Negro Vital Statistics — 14:12
  20. 20 - Comment on Negro Vital Statistics — 4:55
  21. 21 - General Vital Statistics — 2:47
  22. 22 - Sanitary and Medical — 6:32
  23. 23 - Some Noted Colored Women — 6:23

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