The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leon Nixon (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 5,887 The Americas 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 The Americas shelf
693 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
- Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
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 Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America is an audiobook by Joshua D. Rothman: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Leon Nixon, released April 20, 2021, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leon Nixon
- Released
- April 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781549135040
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America as an audiobook?
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America?
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America is narrated by Leon Nixon.
Is The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.