A Will to Be Free, Vol. II
Linda Brent
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent women whose rose up from slavery to greatness. Essential reading for anyone interested in African American Heritage. Included are Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth, and The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince. Slavery is a terrible thing, but it is far more terrible and harrowing for women than for men. Harriet Jacobs was owned by a brutal master who beat his slaves regularly and subjected them to indignations that were far worse. Jacobs eventually escaped her master and moved to a northern state. Though she was unable to take her children with her at the time they were later reunited. Read her powerful and compelling story. Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave into a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights. Her dedication to her principles and her fiery speaking style electrified the abolition movement and brought her fame. This is an extraordinary story about the triumph of an extraordinary women. Mary Prince was the first woman slave to write of her experience. Her recollections are vivid, powerful, and lyrical. Upon its publication the book had a galvanizing effect on the abolitionist movement in England.
Duration - 13h 24m.
Author - Linda Brent.
Narrator - Digital Voice Madison G.
Published Date - Saturday, 11 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2014 Start Publishing LLC ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
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Digital Voice Madison G
Start Publishing LLC
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Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent women whose rose up from slavery to greatness. Essential reading for anyone interested in African American Heritage. Included are Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth, and The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince. Slavery is a terrible thing, but it is far more terrible and harrowing for women than for men. Harriet Jacobs was owned by a brutal master who beat his slaves regularly and subjected them to indignations that were far worse. Jacobs eventually escaped her master and moved to a northern state. Though she was unable to take her children with her at the time they were later reunited. Read her powerful and compelling story. Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave into a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights. Her dedication to her principles and her fiery speaking style electrified the abolition movement and brought her fame. This is an extraordinary story about the triumph of an extraordinary women. Mary Prince was the first woman slave to write of her experience. Her recollections are vivid, powerful, and lyrical. Upon its publication the book had a galvanizing effect on the abolitionist movement in England. Duration - 13h 24m. Author - Linda Brent. Narrator - Digital Voice Madison G. Published Date - Saturday, 11 January 2025. Copyright - © 2014 Start Publishing LLC ©.
Language:
English
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Duration:00:00:04
Preface
Duration:00:02:20
Introduction
Duration:00:02:50
Childhood
Duration:00:08:21
The New Master And Mistress
Duration:00:13:00
The Slaves’ New Year’s Day
Duration:00:04:04
The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man
Duration:00:24:34
The Trials Of Girlhood
Duration:00:07:42
The Jealous Mistress
Duration:00:14:39
The Lover
Duration:00:14:45
What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North
Duration:00:05:25
Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders
Duration:00:17:44
A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life
Duration:00:12:53
The New Tie To Life
Duration:00:11:28
Fear Of Insurrection
Duration:00:11:37
The Church And Slavery
Duration:00:17:56
Another Link To Life
Duration:00:07:38
Continued Persecutions
Duration:00:14:11
Scenes At The Plantation
Duration:00:21:40
The Flight
Duration:00:07:08
Months Of Peril
Duration:00:16:52
The Children Sold
Duration:00:11:25
New Perils
Duration:00:09:24
The Loophole Of Retreat
Duration:00:09:07
Christmas Festivities
Duration:00:04:49
Still In Prison
Duration:00:08:23
The Candidate For Congress
Duration:00:05:45
Competition In Cunning
Duration:00:11:24
Important Era In My Brother’s Life
Duration:00:09:42
New Destination For The Children
Duration:00:15:36
Aunt Nancy
Duration:00:11:07
Preparations For Escape
Duration:00:19:58
Northward Bound
Duration:00:07:08
Incidents In Philadelphia
Duration:00:10:42
The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter
Duration:00:08:08
A Home Found
Duration:00:06:22
The Old Enemy Again
Duration:00:08:23
Prejudice Against Color
Duration:00:05:18
The Hairbreadth Escape
Duration:00:11:29
A Visit To England
Duration:00:06:10
Renewed Invitations To Go South
Duration:00:04:25
The Confession
Duration:00:04:13
The Fugitive Slave Law
Duration:00:12:32
Free At Last
Duration:00:16:46
APPENDIX
Duration:00:04:57
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Duration:00:00:04
Her Birth and Parentage
Duration:00:01:25
Accommodations
Duration:00:01:57
Her Brothers and Sisters
Duration:00:02:36
Her Religious Instruction
Duration:00:02:30
The Auction
Duration:00:03:03
Death of Mau-mau Bett
Duration:00:01:50
Last Days of Bomefree
Duration:00:04:34
Death of Bomefree
Duration:00:02:35
Commencement of Isabella’s Trials in Life
Duration:00:03:16
Trials Continued
Duration:00:03:05
Her Standing with Her New Master and Mistress
Duration:00:11:24
Isabella’s Marriage
Duration:00:02:15
Isabella as a Mother
Duration:00:02:50
Slaveholder’s Promises
Duration:00:03:13
Her Escape
Duration:00:04:51
Illegal Sale of Her Son
Duration:00:04:19
It Is Often Darkest Just Before Dawn
Duration:00:14:53
Death of Mrs. Eliza Fowler
Duration:00:06:37
Isabella’s Religious Experience
Duration:00:24:54
New Trials
Duration:00:11:31
Finding a Brother and Sister
Duration:00:03:22
Gleanings
Duration:00:09:57
The Matthias Delusion
Duration:00:16:01
Fasting
Duration:00:01:34
The Cause of Her Leaving the City
Duration:00:09:10
The Consequences of Refusing a Traveller a Night’s Lodging
Duration:00:07:04
Some of Her Views and Reasonings
Duration:00:04:54
The Second Advent Doctrines
Duration:00:09:08
Another Camp Meeting
Duration:00:15:21
Her Last Interview with Her Master
Duration:00:02:33
Certificates of Character
Duration:00:01:55
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave
Duration:00:00:05
Supplement to the History of Mary Prince
Duration:01:01:57
Narrative of Louis Asa-Asa, a Captured African
Duration:00:03:16
The Negro Boy’s Narrative
Duration:00:06:27