The Slave Ship: A Human History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Slave Ship: A Human History runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cornell Womack (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cornell Womack
Cornell Womack narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 112 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
494 Social Science 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 Slave Ship: A Human History is an audiobook by Marcus Rediker: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Cornell Womack, released January 21, 2025, on the The Americas and Social Science shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cornell Womack
- Released
- January 21, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9798217077779
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Slave Ship: A Human History as an audiobook?
The Slave Ship: A Human History runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Slave Ship: A Human History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Slave Ship: A Human History?
The Slave Ship: A Human History is narrated by Cornell Womack.
Is The Slave Ship: A Human History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.