How Long to Read Crossroads of Freedom

How Long Does it Take to Read Crossroads of Freedom?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Crossroads of Freedom by Walter Fraga

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

Description

By 1870 the sugar plantations of the Recôncavo region in Bahia, Brazil, held at least seventy thousand slaves, making it one of the largest and most enduring slave societies in the Americas. In this new translation of Crossroads of Freedom—which won the 2011 Clarence H. Haring Prize for the Most Outstanding Book on Latin American History—Walter Fraga charts these slaves' daily lives and recounts their struggle to make a future for themselves following slavery's abolition in 1888. Through painstaking archival research, he illuminates the hopes, difficulties, opportunities, and setbacks of ex-slaves and plantation owners alike as they adjusted to their postabolition environment. Breaking new ground in Brazilian historiography, Fraga does not see an abrupt shift with slavery's abolition; rather, he describes a period of continuous change in which the strategies, customs, and identities that slaves built under slavery allowed them to navigate their newfound freedom. Fraga's analysis of how Recôncavo's residents came to define freedom and slavery more accurately describes this seminal period in Brazilian history, while clarifying how slavery and freedom are understood in the present.

How long is Crossroads of Freedom?

Crossroads of Freedom by Walter Fraga is 344 pages long, and a total of 87,376 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Crossroads of Freedom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 57 minutes to read Crossroads of Freedom aloud.

What Reading Level is Crossroads of Freedom?

Crossroads of Freedom 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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