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One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves before the Grant family, and asked for counsel and assistance. The party consisted of two boys and a girl, and they belonged to that people which
the traditions of the past have made the "despised race;" but the girl was whiter and fairer than many a proud belle who would have scorned her
in any other capacity than that of a servant; and one of the boys was very nearly white, while the other was as black as ebony undefiled. They
were fugitives and wanderers from the far south-west; and the story which they told to Mr. Grant and his happy family will form the
substance of this volume. ( Chapter 1 of text) Listeners, please be advised that this book contains material related to slavery which some may find offensive. These types of actions and language were common during the historical period during which this account is written.
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/28038
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): special
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Family; Children's Fiction/Religion; Historical Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: young adult, slavery, morals, race, character, learning lessons
============================================ - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Chapter [number] of Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives, by Oliver Optic. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Chapter [number] of Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives by Oliver Optic. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives, by Oliver Optic. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes. - Example filename watchandwait_##_optic_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. watchandwait_01_optic_128kb.mp3)
- Example ID3 V2 tags ID3 tags are now optional. They are added automatically during cataloging.
Artist: Oliver Optic
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives
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