How long does it take to read Slaves Without Masters?
The Free Negro in the Antebellum South
Slaves Without Masters by Ira Berlin takes about 7 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 423 pages, about 116,325 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Describes the lives and socio-cultural patterns of free blacks in antebellum South and their interaction with whites as determined largely by white attitudes, institutions, and patterns of thought.
Subjects: African Americans, History, Afro-Americans, Freedmen, Freed persons, African americans, history