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Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

Charles Ball (1780 - )

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)

Genre(s): Memoirs

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Chapter 1	Tom Causby	00:27:23
Play 02	Chapter 2	Tom Causby	00:43:04
Play 03	Chapter 3	Tom Causby	00:41:20
Play 04	Chapter 4	Salma Yasser	00:30:38
Play 05	Chapter 5	Salma Yasser	00:24:26
Play 06	Chapter 6	Maria Kasper	00:20:52
Play 07	Chapter 7	Maria Kasper	00:29:35
Play 08	Chapter 8	fiddlesticks	00:07:55
Play 09	Chapter 9, part 1	James K. White	00:31:51
Play 10	Chapter 9, part 2	James K. White	00:29:41
Play 11	Chapter 10	Guy Lederfein	00:29:55
Play 12	Chapter 11, part 1	James K. White	00:20:35
Play 13	Chapter 11, part 2	James K. White	00:21:35
Play 14	Chapter 12	Mike Pelton	00:31:21
Play 15	Chapter 13	Mike Pelton	00:23:04
Play 16	Chapter 14, part 1	Mike Pelton	00:23:35
Play 17	Chapter 14, part 2	Mike Pelton	00:18:42
Play 18	Chapter 15	Maria Kasper	00:25:50
Play 19	Chapter 16	Maria Kasper	00:32:10
Play 20	Chapter 17	Maria Kasper	00:24:53
Play 21	Chapter 18, part 1	Maria Kasper	00:23:15
Play 22	Chapter 18, part 2	Maria Kasper	00:24:31
Play 23	Chapter 19	Leith Atia	00:24:00
Play 24	Chapter 20, part 1	Maria Kasper	00:19:47
Play 25	Chapter 20, part 2	Maria Kasper	00:17:50

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