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)
Chapters
1 00 - TO THE FREEDMEN 2 min 2 01 - Ignatius Sancho by L. Maria Child 24 min 3 02 - Extract from the Tenth Psalm 1 min 4 03 - Prejudice Reproved by Lydia H. Sigourney 1 min 5 04 - Benjamin Banneker by L. Maria Child 20 min 6 05 - Ethiopia by Frances E. W. Harper - x 2 min 7 06 - The Hour of Freedom by William Lloyd Garrison 1 min 8 07 - William Boen by L. Maria Child 11 min 9 08 - Anecdote of General Washington 2 min 10 09 - Prayer of the Slave by Bernard Barton 2 min 11 10 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 1 by L. Maria Child 30 min 12 11 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 2 by L. Maria Child 35 min 13 12 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 3 by L. Maria Child 42 min 14 13 - The Aspirations of Mingo by Mingo, a Slave - x 3 min 15 14 - Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances E. W. Harper - x 1 min 16 15 - Phillis Wheatley by L. Maria Child 15 min 17 16 - A Pertinent Question by Frederick Douglass - x 2 min 18 17 - The Works of Providence by Phillis Wheatley - x 5 min 19 18 - The Dying Christian by Frances E. W. Harper - x 1 min 20 19 - Kindness to Animals by L. Maria Child 8 min 21 20 - James Forten by L. Maria Child 6 min 22 21 - The Meeting in the Swamp by L. Maria Child 15 min 23 22 - A Reasonable Request by Peter Williams - x 1 min 24 23 - The Slave Poet by George Horton, a Slave - x 6 min 25 24 - Ratie by Mattie Griffith 19 min 26 25 - The Kingdom of Christ by James Montgomery 2 min 27 26 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 1 by L. Maria Child 26 min 28 27 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 2 by L. Maria Child 19 min 29 28 - The Last Night of Slavery by James Montgomery 1 min 30 29 - Madison Washington by L. Maria Child 15 min 31 30 - Extract from the Virginia Bill of Rights 1 min 32 31 - Praise of Creation by George Horton - x 1 min 33 32 - Frederick Douglass, Part 1 by L. Maria Child 21 min 34 33 - Frederick Douglass, Part 2 by L. Maria Child 19 min 35 34 - How the Good Work goes on 1 min 36 35 - Dedication Hymn by J. M. Whitefield - x 3 min 37 36 - A Prayer by John G. Whittier 1 min 38 37 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 1 by L. Maria Child 29 min 39 38 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 2 by L. Maria Child 23 min 40 39 - Spring by George Horton - x 2 min 41 40 - The Good Grandmother by Harriet Jacobs - x 28 min 42 41 - The Colored Mother's Prayer 1 min 43 42 - William Costin 2 min 44 43 - Education of Children by L. Maria Child 10 min 45 44 - Thank God for Little Children by Frances E. W. Harper - x 2 min 46 45 - Sam and Andy by Harriet Beecher Stowe 29 min 47 46 - John Brown by L. Maria Child 4 min 48 47 - The Air of Freedom by Frances E. W. Harper - x 3 min 49 48 - Emancipation in the District of Columbia by James Madison Bell - x 3 min 50 49 - The Laws of Health by L. Maria Child 9 min 51 50 - President Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation by Frances E. W. Harper - x 2 min 52 51 - New-Year's Day on the Islands of South Carolina by Charlotte L. Forten - x 13 min 53 52 - Song of the Negro Boatmen at Port Royal, S. C. by John G. Whittier 3 min 54 53 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Henry Wilson 6 min 55 54 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Judge Kelly 5 min 56 55 - Black Tom by A Yankee Soldier 3 min 57 56 - Letter from a Freedman by Jourdon Anderson - x 6 min 58 57 - Colonel Robert G. Shaw by Eliza B. Sedgwick 2 min 59 58 - Advice from an Old Friend by L. Maria Child 17 min 60 59 - Day of Jubilee by A. G. Duncan 1 min
