How Long to Read Born a Slave

How Long Does it Take to Read Born a Slave?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Born a Slave by David W. Jackson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

By the close of the Civil War in 1865 all American slaves became free citizens. Suddenly a new life dawned for them and their descendants. Arthur Jackson, a slave born in 1856 in Kanawha County, Virginia, was nine-years-old when he and his family were emancipated in Franklin County, Missouri. He took the surname of his master, Richard Ludlow Jackson, Sr., within whose household he was born and lived intermittently until adulthood. Eventually Arthur met Ida May Anderson, a white woman, and they raised a family together. Their six children passed for white and Arthur's African American heritage became a family secret and was eventually forgotten. During the following century, five generations of Arthur and Ida's descendants lived as white Americans. Thirty years of genealogical research by one of their great-great-grandsons, the author, revealed the secret that Arthur was born a slave, that he and Ida were a biracial couple, and that their children were of mixed racial heritage. Born a Slave: Rediscovering Arthur Jackson's African-American Heritage explores this man's birth, childhood, life as a freedman, his ancestry, and his master's family. It also calls all Americans-regardless of apparent race or ethnicity-to abandon preconceptions and explore their every ancestor objectively and with an open mind . . . especially if they may have been a slaveholder, or if they were born a slave.

How long is Born a Slave?

Born a Slave by David W. Jackson is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Born a Slave Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read Born a Slave aloud.

What Reading Level is Born a Slave?

Born a Slave is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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