[COMPLETE] Anti-slavery in America from the Introduction of African Slaves to the Prohibition of the Slave Trade - cmm

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Anti-slavery in America from the Introduction of African Slaves to the Prohibition of the Slave Trade (1619-1808), by Mary Stoughton Locke

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: [https://librivox.org/anti-slavery-in-america-1619-1808-by-mary-s-locke/]
Traces the origins of the abolitionist movement in the colonies of the British Empire through the American Revolution, to the abolitionists successful campaign to end the slave trade. (Summary by progressingamerica)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://books.google.com/books/about/Anti_slavery_in_America_from_the_Introdu.html?id=iKrsV46o00AC

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Early Modern

Keywords that describe the book: abolitionism

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Post by progressingamerica »

I would like to BC this project, and I'll take two of the chapters to start. (Cp. 2 and cp. 3)

The last group project I worked really got me interested in this topic and I'd like to learn more and help others learn more about it also.
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Post by ColleenMc »

Unfortunately this does not appear to be in the public domain, since it is copyright 1968. Can you find any confirmation that it is actually in the public domain?

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Post by progressingamerica »

I apologize, I thought this was listed as being published in 1901. Let me look into it for a minute.
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Post by progressingamerica »

The first page says 1901, but I didn't notice the re-print on the next which says 1968. Since the original publication is 1901, doesn't it follow the original copyright? Or will this book be copywritten until like 2054?

Hathi Trust says that the book is in public domain.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102138592

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822007185267&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021
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Public Domain, Google-digitized.
Additionally, I did a search of the Stanford database but I didn't find any entries.
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals
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Post by ColleenMc »

Okay, I didn't catch that it was a reprint. Thanks for the extra due diligence. It looks like this project is fine from a PD viewpoint, and the google books link will work as the official text.

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Post by ColleenMc »

I'm gonna MC this -- stand by and I'll be back shortly with the MW.

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Magic window is ready! Let me know if you need anything or have any questions.

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Post by progressingamerica »

Thanks Colleen, I filled in the section titles in the MW.
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Post by ColleenMc »

Great! We will hang here for a bit and see if we can get a dedicated PLer.

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Post by mleigh »

If you are willing to put up with me being the DPL again, I'll do it for you. I also found the last book very interesting.

Thanks,

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Post by progressingamerica »

Hello mleigh, glad to work with you again. Thank you!
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Post by progressingamerica »

I have been looking more thoroughly through the book and I think there's a case that some of the chapters ought to be split. The preface and intro are not very long. Assuming roughly 2.5 minutes of audio per page:

1) 36 pages - 90 minutes
2) 19 pages - 48 minutes
3) 21 pages - 53 minutes
4) 22 pages - 30 minutes
5) 20 pages - 55 minutes
6) 21 pages - 53 minutes
7) 7 pages - 18 minutes
8) 30 pages - 75 minutes

I think chapter 1 should definitely be two parts, but also chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. Thoughts?
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Post by ColleenMc »

My preference as a reader and listener tends to be for chapters that are 20-40 minutes in length. I was wondering about the chapter lengths when setting this up. If I were BC I would probably do chapter 1 as 3 sections, and split the others you mentioned into 2 parts. Let me know how you want to do it because I will have to adjust the setup for the window and the project as a whole.

Mleigh, welcome aboard as DPL! Thanks for jumping in!

I'm going to leave this here til we get the sections finalized and as soon as we do, we'll be off to readers wanted.

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Post by progressingamerica »

It sounds like we are in agreement on this, thanks for the insight.
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