It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Slavery's Borderland by Matthew Salafia
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1787, the Northwest Ordinance made the Ohio River the dividing line between slavery and freedom in the West, yet in 1861, when the Civil War tore the nation apart, the region failed to split at this seam. In Slavery's Borderland, historian Matthew Salafia shows how the river was both a physical boundary and a unifying economic and cultural force that muddied the distinction between southern and northern forms of labor and politics. Countering the tendency to emphasize differences between slave and free states, Salafia argues that these systems of labor were not so much separated by a river...
Slavery's Borderland by Matthew Salafia is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Slavery's Borderland aloud.
Slavery's Borderland is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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