[COMPLETE] Narratives of Colored Americans by A. Mott, M. S. Wood-mtf

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Narratives of Colored Americans, by Abigail Mott (1795 - 1846) and M. S. Wood (1805 - 1894)

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/narratives-of-colored-americans-by-abigail-mott/
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker Mary Sutton Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of stories of “Colored Americans.” They range from well-known figures, such as Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth, to common men and women who give poignant insights of their life. Selections consist of short anecdotes, essays, stories, letters and poetry. Many have strong religious and spiritual themes. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64628

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BC Admin
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Essays & Short Works; *Non-fiction/History/Modern (19th C); *Non-fiction/Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Keywords that describe the book: slavery, essays, anthropology, abolition, American history, benjamin banneker, phillis wheatley, sojourner truth, negro, african american poetry, african american history, racial history, hottentot, katy ferguson, paul cuffee, solomon bayley, naimbanna, zilpah montjoy, belinda lucas, gustavus vassa, george hardy, lott carey, ezekiel coston, james derham, william bowen, anthony benezet, henry boyd, quamino buccan, ancass, saat

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Section # of Narratives of Colored Americans. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Narratives of Colored Americans, by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood. Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Narratives of Colored Americans, by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: narrativesofcoloredamericans_##_mott_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. narrativesofcoloredamericans_01_mott_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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~ Larry
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Hi Larry! I'll get this set up for you.
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Post by mightyfelix »

Ok, I think you are in good shape. Let me know if you need anything else!
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mightyfelix wrote: May 2nd, 2021, 5:27 pm Ok, I think you are in good shape. Let me know if you need anything else!
Prefect. Thank you so much!

I think this will be a very interesting project, with a variety of formats and a lot of short sections with some longer ones, so something for everyone who might be interested in the topic.

A DPL would be most welcome!

And, ready for readers.
~ Larry
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Can I take 8 11 13 21 54 62?
Last edited by alanmapstone on May 2nd, 2021, 9:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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alanmapstone wrote: May 2nd, 2021, 8:57 pm Can I take 8 11 13 21 54 62?
Thanks, Alan!
I've put you in for these.
~ Larry
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Post by DariaAM »

Hello Larry,
I would love to contribute to this book! This should be a fun project to work on. :mrgreen: I wish to claim sections 32 - The Blind Slave in the Mines & 35 - A Little Act of Kindness.
Daria

Readers wanted:
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DariaAM wrote: May 4th, 2021, 6:02 pm Hello Larry,
I would love to contribute to this book! This should be a fun project to work on. :mrgreen: I wish to claim sections 32 - The Blind Slave in the Mines & 35 - A Little Act of Kindness.
I agree, of course, and am happy to put you in for thiese.
Thank you!
~ Larry
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Post by mightyfelix »

I'm going to go ahead and move us to Readers Wanted, since we haven't had a DPL step forward yet. We can advertise, when/if we need to. :)
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Thanks, Alan.
One of the shortest sections in the project, but I didn't see a reasonable way to combine it.
~ Larry
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Post by ABVoice »

Hello,
Could I please have Section#9 The Wife and Section#17 Uncle Jack?
Thanks
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ABVoice wrote: May 8th, 2021, 7:17 pm Hello,
Could I please have Section#9 The Wife and Section#17 Uncle Jack?
Thanks
Glad to put you in for this one.
Thank you!
~ Larry
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silverquill wrote: May 6th, 2021, 7:45 am
Thanks, Alan.
One of the shortest sections in the project, but I didn't see a reasonable way to combine it.
Hi Larry
I notice that this is not actually marked Ready for PL in MW :(
Alan
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