The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Onwukwe (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ben Onwukwe
Ben Onwukwe narrates 100 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,109 hours in all.
About as long, on the Europe shelf
397 Europe 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: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade is an audiobook by A.E. Rooks: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Onwukwe, released February 3, 2022, on the Europe shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Onwukwe
- Released
- February 3, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe
- ISBN
- 9781004072972
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade as an audiobook?
The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Black Joke: The True Story of One British 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: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade?
The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade is narrated by Ben Onwukwe.
Is The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.