How long does it take to read American Slavery, American Freedom?
the ordeal of colonial Virginia
American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan takes about 8 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1975. 454 pages, about 124,850 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The men who came together to found the independent United States either held slaves or were willing to join hands with those who did. George Washington, hero of the Revolution, was the master of several hundred slaves. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, owned more than 200 men, women, and children while eloquently defending the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In this classic work, originally published in 1976, through a meticulous history of Virginia from its earliest settlement through the seventeenth century boom in tobacco, the gradual replacement of servitude with slavery, and the rise of republican ideology, historian Morgan reveals the deep and interlocking relationship between these seemingly contradictory ideas.--From publisher description.
Subjects: History, Slavery, Social conditions, Esclavage, Histoire, Slavery and bondage
