Historical Romance of the American Negro


Read by Jim Locke

It was not long before the fame of the colored soldiers of America was wafted over the whole world and everywhere received by all lovers of freedom with most hearty applause. (Summary by narrator, p 66)

For a number of years it has been on my mind to write a book regarding the principal events that have occurred to the colored race since the beginning of the agitation against slavery, going on from thence to the great Rebellion, passing through that war, and also dealing with all subjects of great importance that have arrested our attention under our glorious freedom.
At the same time it has occurred to me . . . that my book would be far more interesting to the general reader, if I were to select a representative woman of our own race, and make her the mouthpiece of all I wished to say. . . . I hope those members of the general public who favor me by a perusal of my book will be pleased with my plan. (From the Preface) (10 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 29:48 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 2 35:04 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 3 29:01 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 4 26:10 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 5 25:26 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 6 24:53 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 7 25:50 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 8 27:01 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 9 28:12 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 10 25:30 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 11 26:31 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 12 27:24 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 13 25:21 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 14 26:36 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 15 27:02 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 16 24:26 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 17 24:00 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 18 25:20 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 19 26:22 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 20 26:28 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter 21 20:03 Read by Jim Locke
Chapters 1 and 2 of The American Spanish War 43:01 Read by Jim Locke
Blacks in the Revolutionary War and in 1812 19:13 Read by Jim Locke
"Nick" Biddle 4:31 Read by Jim Locke
Theodore Roosevelt and Color Is No Bar to Office 11:51 Read by Jim Locke