How long does it take to read Barracoon?
Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Ibram X. Kendi
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Ibram X. Kendi takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 208 pages, about 57,200 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.
Subjects: Slaves, Biography, History, West Africans, Slave trade, Slavery
