The Freedmen's Book
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The Freedmen's Book is a arts podcast hosted by Lydia Maria Child. It has 60 episodes, with the latest published July 2012.
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)
arts ·en ·60 episodes
00 - TO THE FREEDMEN
01 - Ignatius Sancho by L. Maria Child
02 - Extract from the Tenth Psalm
03 - Prejudice Reproved by Lydia H. Sigourney
04 - Benjamin Banneker by L. Maria Child
05 - Ethiopia by Frances E. W. Harper - x
06 - The Hour of Freedom by William Lloyd Garrison
07 - William Boen by L. Maria Child
08 - Anecdote of General Washington
09 - Prayer of the Slave by Bernard Barton
10 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 1 by L. Maria Child
11 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 2 by L. Maria Child
12 - Toussaint l'Ouverture, Part 3 by L. Maria Child
13 - The Aspirations of Mingo by Mingo, a Slave - x
14 - Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances E. W. Harper - x
15 - Phillis Wheatley by L. Maria Child
16 - A Pertinent Question by Frederick Douglass - x
17 - The Works of Providence by Phillis Wheatley - x
18 - The Dying Christian by Frances E. W. Harper - x
19 - Kindness to Animals by L. Maria Child
20 - James Forten by L. Maria Child
21 - The Meeting in the Swamp by L. Maria Child
22 - A Reasonable Request by Peter Williams - x
23 - The Slave Poet by George Horton, a Slave - x
24 - Ratie by Mattie Griffith
25 - The Kingdom of Christ by James Montgomery
26 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 1 by L. Maria Child
27 - Progress of Emancipation in the British West Indies, Part 2 by L. Maria Child
28 - The Last Night of Slavery by James Montgomery
29 - Madison Washington by L. Maria Child
30 - Extract from the Virginia Bill of Rights
31 - Praise of Creation by George Horton - x
32 - Frederick Douglass, Part 1 by L. Maria Child
33 - Frederick Douglass, Part 2 by L. Maria Child
34 - How the Good Work goes on
35 - Dedication Hymn by J. M. Whitefield - x
36 - A Prayer by John G. Whittier
37 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 1 by L. Maria Child
38 - William and Ellen Crafts, Part 2 by L. Maria Child
39 - Spring by George Horton - x
40 - The Good Grandmother by Harriet Jacobs - x
41 - The Colored Mother's Prayer
42 - William Costin
43 - Education of Children by L. Maria Child
44 - Thank God for Little Children by Frances E. W. Harper - x
45 - Sam and Andy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
46 - John Brown by L. Maria Child
47 - The Air of Freedom by Frances E. W. Harper - x
48 - Emancipation in the District of Columbia by James Madison Bell - x
49 - The Laws of Health by L. Maria Child
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