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The Heroic Slave by Frederick Douglass

The Heroic Slave: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heroic Slave runs 2.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Bowen (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.1listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Heroic Slave at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day5 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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

What our data says

  • At 2.1 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

39 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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

The Heroic Slave is an audiobook by Frederick Douglass: a 2.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Bowen, released April 15, 2025, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.1 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Bowen
Released
April 15, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices, Short Stories
ISBN
4069828334922

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Heroic Slave as an audiobook?

The Heroic Slave runs 2.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.

Is The Heroic Slave free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Heroic Slave?

The Heroic Slave is narrated by Mark Bowen.