It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read In the Shadow of Slavery by Judith Carney
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom by shifting attention from the crops slaves were forced to produce to the foods they planted for their own nourishment. Many familiar foods—millet, sorghum, coffee, okra, watermelon, and the "Asian" long bean, for example—are native to Africa, while commercial products such as Coca Cola,...
In the Shadow of Slavery by Judith Carney is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.
This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read In the Shadow of Slavery aloud.
In the Shadow of Slavery is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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