Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Trial of Susan B. Anthony, credited to Anonymous, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Trial of Susan B. Anthony by Anonymous. Read in English by Maria Kasper In 1872, after the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, the women’s suffrage movement in the United States adopted a new strategy. Arguing that the right to vote was one of the “privileges and immunities” guaranteed to every citizen by that amendment, the women were inspired to put this interpretation to the test in practice by attempting to register and vote in the November election. In Rochester, NY, fourteen women, including Susan B. Anthony, were successful. Within days after having cast their votes, however, they were arrested, as were the three election inspectors who had received their votes. Suspecting that a Rochester jury might be sympathetic to Miss Anthony, the prosecution requested a change of venue to the nearby city of Canandaigua, where trials were held in June 1873. Intense public interest in the proceedings led the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle to publish this pamphlet in 1874. Here is the transcript of Miss Anthony’s trial, including (in section 9) her justly famous remarks at her sentencing. Here also is the transcript of the election inspectors’ trial, as well as addresses given by Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage, and an analysis by John Hooker critical of the trial’s irregularities.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Trial of Susan B. Anthony
• Author credits: Anonymous
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 8:05:47

Catalogue topics

• trials
• woman's suffrage

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface\ — 12:24
2. 02 - Anthony Trial: Examination of Witnesses — 21:11
3. 03 - Anthony Trial: Argument for the Defense, Part 1 — 23:16
4. 04 - Anthony Trial: Argument for the Defense, Part 2 — 23:20
5. 05 - Anthony Trial: Argument for the Defense, Part 3 — 20:49
6. 06 - Anthony Trial: Argument for the Defense, Part 4 — 27:17
7. 07 - Anthony Trial: Instructions to Jury\ — 21:28
8. 08 - Anthony Trial: Motion for New Trial — 30:34
9. 09 - Anthony Trial: Sentencing, With Remarks by Defendant — 7:39
10. 10 - Election Inspectors Trial: Indictment — 18:23
11. 11 - Election Inspectors Trial: Remarks by Defense Attorney — 18:27
12. 12 - Election Inspectors Trial: Examination of Witnesses, Part 1 — 27:44
13. 13 - Election Inspectors Trial: Examination of Witnesses, Part 2 — 18:19
14. 14 - Election Inspectors Trial: Argument for Defense — 31:35
15. 15 - Election Inspectors Trial: Verdict\ — 17:53
16. 16 - Address by Susan B. Anthony, Part 1 — 22:17
17. 17 - Address by Susan B. Anthony, Part 2 — 25:18
18. 18 - Address by Susan B. Anthony, Part 3 — 24:09
19. 19 - Speech by Matilda Joslyn Gage, Part 1 — 25:32
20. 20 - Speech by Matilda Joslyn Gage, Part 2 — 23:37
21. 21 - Speech by Matilda Joslyn Gage, Part 3 — 24:28
22. 22 - Judge Hunt and the Right of Trial by Jury - by John Hooker — 20:07

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