Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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LibriVox recording of Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball. Read in English by Tom Causby; Salma Yasser; Maria Kasper; Fiddlesticks; James K. White; Guy Lederfein; Mike Pelton; Leith Atia.

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Cover picture: Detail from Slaves Waiting for Sale by Eyre Crowe (1861). Copyright expired in U.S., Canada, EU. and all countries with author’s life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Maria Kasper. This design is in the public domain.