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The Freedmen's Book

Lydia Maria Child (1802 - 1880)

Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an inspiration to freed slaves. In her dedication to the freedmen, she urges those who can read, to read these stories aloud to others to share the strength and courage of and accomplishments of colored men and women. In that spirit, this recording aims to gives that voice a permanent record. (Summary by Rhonda Federman)

Genre(s): Poetry, Short Stories

Language: English

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

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