How Long to Read Down by the Riverside

How Long Does it Take to Read Down by the Riverside?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read Down by the Riverside by Charles Joyner

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

Description

Charles Joyner takes readers on a journey back in time, up the Waccamaw River through the Lowcountry of South Carolina, past abandoned rice fields once made productive by the labor of enslaved Africans, past rice mills and forest clearings into the antebellum world of All Saints Parish. In this community, and many others like it, enslaved people created a new language, a new religion--indeed, a new culture--from African traditions and American circumstances. Joyner recovers an entire lost society and way of life from the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the plantation whites and their guests, from quantitative analysis of census and probate records, and above all from the folklore and oral history of the enslaved Americans. His classic reconstruction of daily life in All Saints Parish is an inspiring testimony to the ingenuity and solidarity of a people. This anniversary edition of Joyner's landmark study includes a new introduction in which the author recounts his process of writing the book, reflects on its critical and popular reception, and surveys the past three decades of scholarship on the history of enslaved people in the United States.

How long is Down by the Riverside?

Down by the Riverside by Charles Joyner is 283 pages long, and a total of 71,599 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Down by the Riverside Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read Down by the Riverside aloud.

What Reading Level is Down by the Riverside?

Down by the Riverside 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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