It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Slavery and Silence by Paul D. Naish
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about slavery was to explore—or deny—its obvious shortcomings, its inhumanity, its contradictions. To celebrate it required explaining away the nation's proclaimed belief in equality and its public promise of rights for all, while to condemn it was to insult people who might be related by ties of blood,...
Slavery and Silence by Paul D. Naish is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Slavery and Silence aloud.
Slavery and Silence is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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