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- Josiah Henson, Fugitive Slave (1789-1883)
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Henson planned to purchase his liberty and earns money as an itinerant preacher. Cruelly betrayed by several masters, he narrowly escapes being put on the New Orleans slave block. Henson eventually founds a community for fugitives in Ontario to train ex-slaves in skills necessary to succeed as free Canadian citizens.
Like Harriet Tubman, Josiah Henson defied US laws to rescue many others out of bondage. He met Queen Victoria in England and visited a sitting president in the White House. Harriet Beecher Stowe credited him as inspiring her title character.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin is not an exaggerated account of the evils of slavery," Henson said. "The truth has never been half told for that tale would be too horrible to hear."
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"Brother, you have often declared that you would not end your days in slavery. I see no possible way in which you can escape with us; and now, brother, you are on a steamboat where there is some chance for you to escape to a land of liberty. I beseech you not to let us hinder you. If we cannot get our liberty, we do not wish to be the means of keeping you from a land of freedom."
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5 out of 5 stars
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EVERYONE!!!! Should Listen/Read This Story!!!!
- De BluBtrfly1 en 06-25-22
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- De: Harriet Jacobs
- Narrado por: Audio Élan
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs’ depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Another impossible narration
- De JPALJ en 06-11-18
De: Harriet Jacobs
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- De: Frederick Douglass
- Narrado por: Walter Covell
- Duración: 3 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. He was called both "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia" and is one of the most prominent figures in African-American history and United States history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!
- De Mama C en 03-05-11
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Twelve Years a Slave
- De: Solomon Northup
- Narrado por: Louis Gossett Jr.
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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In this riveting landmark autobiography, which reads like a novel, Academy Award and Emmy winner Louis Gossett, Jr., masterfully transports us to 1840s New York; Washington, D.C.; and Louisiana to experience the kidnapping and 12 years of bondage of Solomon Northup, a free man of color. Twelve Years a Slave, published in 1853, was an immediate bombshell in the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I've waited for this a long time
- De Book Reader en 04-04-13
De: Solomon Northup
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Annotated)
- Bicentennial Edition with Douglass Family Histories
- De: Frederick Douglass
- Narrado por: Gordon Jackson
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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This is a special bicentennial edition of Douglass' most famous book, which has been published by his direct descendants through Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives (FDFI).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most authentic voice
- De Troy Harris en 08-15-19
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Lincoln the Unknown
- De: Dale Carnegie
- Narrado por: Clay Lomakayu
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 72
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One of the best books ever written about Lincoln by Dale Carnegie. Chronicles the inner life and struggles of Abraham Lincoln, how he led a life of poverty, how he went from pauper to become president, how he emerged from obscurity and became the Republican nominee at the 1860 Chicago convention, how he loved to tell humorous stories, and that he was an avid reader of Shakespeare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lincoln
- De Amazon Customer en 06-11-21
De: Dale Carnegie
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Bound for Canaan
- The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement
- De: Fergus Bordewich
- Narrado por: Peter J. Fernandez
- Duración: 19 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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The Civil War brought to a climax the country's bitter division. But the beginnings of slavery's denouement can be traced to a courageous band of ordinary Americans, black and white, slave and free, who joined forces to create what would come to be known as the Underground Railroad, a movement that occupies as romantic a place in the nation's imagination as the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Heroic Missing Piece
- De Paul Frandano en 03-03-17
De: Fergus Bordewich
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Trail of Tears
- The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
- De: John Ehle
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hard to imagine
- De Amazon Customer en 12-04-17
De: John Ehle
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Abraham Lincoln
- A Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President
- De: Joe Wheeler
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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Author Joe Wheeler brings to this insightful audiobook the knowledge gleaned from over 10 years of study and more than 60 books on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Skillfully weaving his own narrative with direct quotes from Abraham Lincoln and poignant excerpts from other Lincoln biographers, Joe Wheeler brings a refreshingly friendly rendition Lincoln's life, faith and courage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Retreads
- De J B Tipton en 04-22-09
De: Joe Wheeler
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"A Free Woman on God's Earth": The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, the Slave Who Won Her Freedom
- De: Jana Laiz, Ann-Elizabeth Barnes
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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A Free Woman on God's Earth is the story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, the enslaved African woman who had the courage and conviction to speak what was in her heart, suing for her freedom in a Massachusetts court of law. In gaining her own freedom, she set the stage for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Legendary Folk Hero Brought To Life
- De cfifly en 09-25-15
De: Jana Laiz, y otros
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Crockett of Tennessee
- A Novel Based on the Life and Times of David Crockett
- De: Cameron Judd
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 17 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
From humble beginnings in rural Tennessee to his heroic death defending the Alamo, frontiersman, adventurer, and politician David Davy Crockett embodies the spirit and ideals of the national character. Even during his lifetime, tales of the sharpshooting, skilled woodsman were - to his delight - told, retold, and elaborated on. As a US congressman, the former Creek War militiaman steadfastly opposed President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I highly recommend
- De That Man They Call Shad en 05-05-21
De: Cameron Judd
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A Slave No More
- Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
- De: David W. Blight
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey, Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Slave narratives are extremely rare. Of the 100 or so of these testimonies that survive, a mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Piece Of History
- De John en 07-10-09
De: David W. Blight
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A Year in the South: 1865
- The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in History
- De: Stephen V. Ash
- Narrado por: Neal Ghant, Nicholas Techosky, Jeremy Arthur, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 - a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation. Between January and December 1865, these four people witnessed, from very different vantage points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent audio book
- De Rodney en 10-29-13
De: Stephen V. Ash
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- De: Jack Kelly
- Narrado por: Andrew Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America and brought the modern world crashing into the frontier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An under told story of the United States.
- De JayHey en 08-28-16
De: Jack Kelly
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Abraham Lincoln
- The Prairie Years and The War Years
- De: Carl Sandburg
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 44 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,497
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Originally published in six volumes, which sold more than one million copies, Carl Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was praised as the most noteworthy historical biography of Sandburg’s generation. He later distilled this monumental work into one volume that critics and readers alike consider his greatest work of nonfiction, as well as the most distinguished, authoritative biography of Lincoln ever published.
Growing up in an Illinois prairie town, Sandburg listened to stories of old-timers who had known Lincoln. By the time this single-volume edition was competed, he had spent a lifetime studying, researching, and writing about our 16th president.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A moving tale of a very human man
- De Sohachi en 06-25-16
De: Carl Sandburg
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The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part 1: The Witness
- De: Sharon E. Foster
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Leading a small army of slaves, Nat Turner was a man born with a mission: to set the captives free. When words failed, he ignited an uprising that left over 50 whites dead. In the predawn hours of August 22, 1831, Nat Turner stormed into history with a Bible in one hand, brandishing a sword in the other. His rebellion shined a spotlight on slavery and the state of Virginia and divided a nation's trust. Turner himself became a lightning rod for abolitionists like Harriet Beecher Stowe and a terror and secret shame for slave owners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Purchase and Download NOW!
- De Giselle E Ambursley en 03-03-16
De: Sharon E. Foster