The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leon Nixon (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Leon Nixon
Leon Nixon narrates 297 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,719 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,156 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade is an audiobook by A.E. Rooks: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Leon Nixon, released January 18, 2022, on the World and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leon Nixon
- Released
- January 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Military (History), Africa
- ISBN
- 9781797138329
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade as an audiobook?
The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade?
The Black Joke: One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade is narrated by Leon Nixon.