How long does it take to read Roll, Jordan, Roll?
Eugene D. Genovese
Roll, Jordan, Roll by Eugene D. Genovese takes about 15 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 5 minutes
A long haul
First published 1974. 823 pages, about 226,325 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This landmark history of slavery in the South -- a winner of the Bancroft Prize -- challenged conventional views of slaves by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society. Rather than emphasizing the cruelty and degradation of slavery, historian Eugene Genovese investigates the ways that slaves forced their owners to acknowledge their humanity through culture, music, and religion. Not merely passive victims, the slaves in this account actively engaged with the paternalism of slaveholding culture in ways that supported their self-respect and aspirations for freedom. Roll, Jordan, Roll covers a vast range of subjects, from slave weddings and funerals, to the language, food, clothing, and labor of slaves, and places particular emphasis on religion as both a major battleground for psychological control and a paradoxical source of spiritual strength. Displaying keen insight into the minds of both slaves and slaveholders, Roll, Jordan, Roll is a testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression. - Publisher.
Subjects: Slavery, United States, Condition of slaves, Conditions sociales, Esclaves, Sklaverei
