This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project https://librivox.org/poems-concerning-the-slave-trade-by-robert-southey/
Source text (please read only from this text!):
Robert Southey, a future Poet Laureate, was born in Bristol, one of the principal ports in England for the slave trade. He wrote these poems to try to raise awareness of the brutal reality of the trade in a generally apathetic populace.
Lord Grenville, who is addressed in the final poem, was British Prime Minister in 1807 when the slave trade was abolished throughout the Britsh Empire.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528684/page/n75/mode/1up?view=theater
(Pages 55-70)
Target completion date: 2024-08-01
Prooflistening level: Special
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
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[*]Project Code: 6Ci7ncIq
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Southey (Robert Southey)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 4
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1848
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
[*]Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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Genres for the project: Poetry/Lyric
Keywords that describe the book: Poetry, English, Slave Trade
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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.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Poems Concerning the Slave Trade. 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."] "Poems Concerning the Slave Trade, by Robert Southey. Section Title."
At end of recording say:"Section Title" by Robert Southey. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of Poem." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Poems Concerning the Slave Trade, by Robert Southey."
Filename: poemsslavetrade_#_southey_128kb.mp3 where # is the section number. (e.g. poemsslavetrade_1_southey_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: xxxx
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
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