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Chapter IV - Special Articles - Part Four
Read by Matt Williams
Louis Melius
In The American Postal Service, Second Edition
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing …
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Abigail Mott
In Narratives of Colored Americans
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …
Preface
Read by Newgatenovelist
Ellen Craft
In Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…
Preface
Read by David Wales
Abram J. Dittenhoefer
In How We Elected Lincoln; Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…
Introduction and Preface
Read by Availle
Frederick Davis Greene
In The Armenian Crisis in Turkey
Frederick Greene shows in this book that the case of the subject races in the Ottoman Empire is desperate, that there is no hope of reform f…
Introduction
Read by Michele Fry
Harriet H. Robinson
In Loom and Spindle
Harriet Robinson was a frequent contributor to the famous monthly periodical, "The Lowell Offering", which featured poetry, essays…
Preface
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Samuel Harden Church
In A Short History of Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Church presents a brief history of the city of Pittsburgh, split into three domains: historical, industrial, and intellectual. His…
Retrospective
Read by PaulW
Louisa Jebb Wilkins
In By Desert Ways to Baghdad
Every age witnesses the birth of some great soul. Sometimes events bring these people to the attention of the world. More often than not, th…
Ch. 10 Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Booker T. Washington
In Frederick Douglass
An account of the life of Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become one of the most important and influential abolitionists, authors…
Chapter IV. Richelieu by Stanley Leathes (part 2)
Read by PatrS
Various
In The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 04, The Thirty Years' War
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…
Outline Narrative
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Charles F. Horne
In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 15
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
Chapter XIII. The Netherlands by A.W. Ward (part 1)
Read by Linda Johnson
Various
In The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…
Note to 3rd edition
Read by Greg Giordano
George Livermore
In An Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic, on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers
Collects the speeches, writings, public statements and legislative acts of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the United States against sla…
Section 1
Read by JosephTerry2033
William Wilberforce
In An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies
An impassioned plea by Wilberforce about putting an end to slavery in the West Indies based on his view of the institution as a national dis…
Preface. Author's Preface
Read by mpinedag
George Frederick Abbott
In Greece and the Allies
The author delves into Greece's dealings leading up to, during, and after WWI. We witness, through unbiased eyes, Greece's government (the M…
Preface
Read by Silas Jackson
Wallace Notestein
In A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
A chronological survey of witchcraft in early modern Britain, covering witchcraft under the reigns of various monarchs, the literature of wi…
Story of the Century - Pt 01
Various
In Superman page08
Old Time Radio Programs, The Adventures of Superman
A Postscript
Read by KevinS
Alfred D. DeCelles and Alfred D. Decelles
In Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…
Preface
Read by TriciaG
Thomas Conant
In Upper Canada Sketches
This book relates "somewhat random sketches of life in the early settlements and country districts of Upper Canada" (now Ontario),…
Preface
Read by EastCentralMinnesota
Henry Baerlein
In The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1
Henry Baerlein expands on his articles first published in the Fortnightly Review to explain the historical context and challenges facing Yug…