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Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1

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Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1

by Various

English· 05:50:16· 22 chapters
This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and speeches found on Project Gutenberg that are by or about African Americans. Subjects range from late 18th Century epistolary conversations between black Baptist preachers to 1930s testimony by ex-slaves. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

LibriVox recordings are public domain in the United States; copyright status may differ elsewhere.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Ex-slave James Bolton

    23:17
  2. Chapter 2

    Death of Charles

    14:12
  3. Chapter 3

    Fifty Years

    05:39
  4. Chapter 4

    Personal Liberty Laws

    13:11
  5. Chapter 5

    Reporting

    37:48
  6. Chapter 6

    The Ku Klux Klan

    13:20
  7. Chapter 7

    Your Negro Neighbor

    11:41
  8. Chapter 8

    The Praline Woman

    05:36
  9. Chapter 9

    Ex-Slave Minnie Davis

    18:43
  10. Chapter 10

    Where The Negro Lives

    24:21
  11. Chapter 11

    Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl and De Moon

    01:36
  12. Chapter 12

    A Plea For Industrial Opportunity

    08:23
  13. Chapter 13

    Sketches of the Black Baptist Church

    13:25
  14. Chapter 14

    Lawing and Jawing

    11:36
  15. Chapter 15

    Excerpt from The Future of the American Negro

    20:36
  16. Chapter 16

    Hot Foot Hannibal

    35:55
  17. Chapter 17

    The Passing Tradition and The African Civilization

    18:18
  18. Chapter 18

    The Sunday School and Church...

    27:40
  19. Chapter 19

    Ex-Slave Pierce Cody

    13:01
  20. Chapter 20

    Here Comes A Young Man Courting

    02:43
  21. Chapter 21

    'Lazy'

    01:45
  22. Chapter 22

    Of The Meaning of Progress

    27:30