How Long to Read The Vice President's Black Wife

How Long Does it Take to Read The Vice President's Black Wife?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 12 minutes to read The Vice President's Black Wife by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

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

Description

Award-winning historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chinn (ca. 1796–1833), the enslaved wife of Richard Mentor Johnson, owner of Blue Spring Farm, veteran of the War of 1812, and US vice president under Martin Van Buren. Johnson never freed Chinn, but during his frequent absences from his estate, he delegated to her the management of his property, including Choctaw Academy, a boarding school for Indigenous men and boys on the grounds of the estate. This meant that Chinn, although enslaved herself, oversaw Blue Spring's slave labor force and had substantial control over economic, social, financial, and personal affairs within the couple's world. Chinn's relationship with Johnson was unlikely to have been consensual since she was never manumitted. What makes Chinn's life exceptional is the power that Johnson invested in her, the opportunities the couple's relationship afforded her and her daughters, and their community's tacit acceptance of the family—up to a point. When the family left their farm, they faced steep limits: pews at the rear of the church, burial in separate graveyards, exclusion from town dances, and more. Johnson's relationship with Chinn ruined his political career and Myers compellingly demonstrates that it wasn't interracial sex that led to his downfall but his refusal to keep it—and Julia Chinn—behind closed doors.

How long is The Vice President's Black Wife?

The Vice President's Black Wife by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers is 431 pages long, and a total of 108,181 words.

This makes it 145% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Vice President's Black Wife Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 51 minutes to read The Vice President's Black Wife aloud.

What Reading Level is The Vice President's Black Wife?

The Vice President's Black Wife 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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