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John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights by David S. Reynolds

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights audiobook runs 25.3 hours unabridged, narrated by P.J. Ochlan (about 16.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

25.3listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 25.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day51 days
1 hour / day26 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 25.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights is an audiobook by David S. Reynolds: a 25.3-hour unabridged recording, read by P.J. Ochlan, released May 14, 2019, on the Social Science and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
25.3 hrs
Narrated by
P.J. Ochlan
Released
May 14, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, History & Culture, The Americas
ISBN
9781984888020

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights audiobook?

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights runs 25.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.9 hours.

Is the John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights audiobook free?

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Who narrates John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights?

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights is narrated by P.J. Ochlan.

Is John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.9 hours, saving 8.4 hours.