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

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

LibriVox · Audiobook · 25 episodes

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)

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Episodes

Chapter 1

Episode 1 · 27:23
Chapter 2

Episode 2 · 43:04
Chapter 3

Episode 3 · 41:20
Chapter 4

Episode 4 · 30:38
Chapter 5

Episode 5 · 24:26
Chapter 6

Episode 6 · 20:52
Chapter 7

Episode 7 · 29:35
Chapter 8

Episode 8 · 7:55
Chapter 9, part 1

Episode 9 · 31:51
Chapter 9, part 2

Episode 10 · 29:41
Chapter 10

Episode 11 · 29:55
Chapter 11, part 1

Episode 12 · 20:35
Chapter 11, part 2

Episode 13 · 21:35
Chapter 12

Episode 14 · 31:21
Chapter 13

Episode 15 · 23:04
Chapter 14, part 1

Episode 16 · 23:35
Chapter 14, part 2

Episode 17 · 18:42
Chapter 15

Episode 18 · 25:50
Chapter 16

Episode 19 · 32:10
Chapter 17

Episode 20 · 24:53
Chapter 18, part 1

Episode 21 · 23:15
Chapter 18, part 2

Episode 22 · 24:31
Chapter 19

Episode 23 · 24:00
Chapter 20, part 1

Episode 24 · 19:47
Chapter 20, part 2

Episode 25 · 17:50