Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man audiobook runs 30.7 hours unabridged, narrated by David Dear and Royal Jaye and others (about 20.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 62 days |
| 1 hour / day | 31 days |
| 2 hours / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 21 days |
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What our data says
- At 30.7 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Royal Jaye
Royal Jaye narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 38 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
72 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is an audiobook by Olaudah Equiano, W. E. B. Du Bois and Solomon Northup: a 30.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Dear, Royal Jaye and Rhett Samuel Price and others, released April 6, 2021, on the The Americas and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Dear, Royal Jaye, Rhett Samuel Price, Janina Edwards, Mirron Willis
- Released
- April 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9781662258817
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man audiobook?
Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man runs 30.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20.5 hours.
Is the Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man?
Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is narrated by David Dear, Royal Jaye, Rhett Samuel Price and Janina Edwards and others.
Is Classic Black Narratives: 12 Years a Slave, The Souls of Black Folk, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20.5 hours, saving 10.2 hours.