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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron Butler (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2022 recording read by Don Gilet runs 0.8 hours shorter (13.6 hours).

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

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution is an audiobook by C.L.R. James: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released April 30, 2019, on the World and Military (History) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Ron Butler
Released
April 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Military (History)
ISBN
9781541448018

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution as an audiobook?

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution?

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution is narrated by Ron Butler.

Is The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.