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The Execution of Willie Francis
- Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 3, 1946, in St. Martinsville, Louisiana, a 17-year-old Black boy was scheduled for execution by electric chair. Willie Francis had been charged with murder; his trial had been brief; his death sentence never in doubt. When the executioners flipped the switch, Willie screamed and writhed as electricity coursed through his body. But Willie Francis did not die. Having miraculously survived, Willie was informed that the state would attempt to execute him a second time within a week.
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The Execution of Willie Francis
- Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-08-23
- Language: English
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Thunder Go North
- The Hunt for Sir Francis Drake's Fair and Good Bay
- By: Melissa Darby
- Narrated by: Drake Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1579, Francis Drake and all those aboard the Golden Hind were in peril. The ship was leaking and they were in search of a protected beach to careen the ship to make repairs. They searched the coast and made landfall in what they called a "Fair and Good Bay", generally thought to be in California. They stacked the treasure they had recently captured from the Spanish onto on this sandy shore, repaired the ship, explored the country, and after a number of weeks, they set sail for home.
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Thunder Go North
- The Hunt for Sir Francis Drake's Fair and Good Bay
- Narrated by: Drake Johnson
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-03-21
- Language: English
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Adams
- An American Dynasty
- By: Francis Russell
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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John and Abigail Adams and their descendants have profoundly influenced life in the United States for more than two centuries. From the great political and philosophical contributions of Founding Father and President John Adams, the roster of Adams luminaries is unprecedented: diplomat and sixth president, John Quincy Adams; pre-Civil War "Voice of Honor", Charles Francis Adams; and authors Henry and Brook Adams. The story of the Adams dynasty is as impressive and compelling as its legacy.
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A Story of America
- By I.F.Coyle on 12-02-18
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Adams
- An American Dynasty
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-03-17
- Language: English
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Finding Francis
- One Family's Journey from Slavery to Freedom
- By: Elizabeth J. West
- Narrated by: Machelle Williams
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Francis is found. Beyond Francis, a family is found—in archival material that barely deigned to notice their existence. This is the story of Francis Sistrunk and her children, from enslavement into forced migration across South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. It spans decades before the Civil War and continues into post-emancipation America. A family story full of twists and turns, Finding Francis reclaims and honors those women who played an essential role in the historical survival and triumph of Black people during and after American slavery.
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Finding Francis
- One Family's Journey from Slavery to Freedom
- Narrated by: Machelle Williams
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 13-12-22
- Language: English
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Francis Marion: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Legendary Swamp Fox
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2000, The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson, captured the nation's attention with the highly dramatized story of an American patriot fighting the British in South Carolina during the American Revolution. As viewers learned that Gibson's character was loosely based on General Francis Marion, nicknamed the "Swamp Fox" by his enemies, people took a new interest in this often forgotten soldier.
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Francis Marion: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Legendary Swamp Fox
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 13-10-17
- Language: English
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Francis Scott Key
- The Life and Legacy of the Man Who Wrote America's National Anthem
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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And what of Francis Scott Key, this brilliant lawyer who was born into slave-holding Maryland and himself held slaves even as he wrote of "the land of the free"? He was, to say the least, complex, as he at times fought in court both for and against slaves seeking their freedom. He was a founding member of an organization seeking to return captured slaves to their homelands, yet he also fought abolition tooth and claw. He seems to have been, like many men of his age, torn nearly to pieces by these contradictions.
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Francis Scott Key
- The Life and Legacy of the Man Who Wrote America's National Anthem
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-03-17
- Language: English
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The Life of Francis Marion
- By: William Gilmore Simms
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Francis Marion was probably the most romantic figure to emerge from the American Revolutionary War. Of Huguenot ancestry, Marion was descended from a French family fleeing the religious persecutions of Louis XIV. Listen to this great history as you learn how Marion used guerrilla tactics to defeat one British force after another. It is a thrilling tale of patriotism, determination, and sacrifice.
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The Life of Francis Marion
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 20-11-18
- Language: English
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The Sangamon Story
- Selected Readings from Francis Grierson's, The Valley of Shadows
- By: Francis Grierson
- Narrated by: Kirk Laughead
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Francis Grierson's, The Valley of Shadows, is truly a lost American classic. Written at the dawn of the twentieth century, the author has remarkably captured his adventures and observations as a child growing up on the prairies of Illinois in the years leading up the Civil War, in a region that was neither North nor South; neither for slavery nor against it; and how their small family farm became an unscheduled stop on the Underground Railroad.
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The Sangamon Story
- Selected Readings from Francis Grierson's, The Valley of Shadows
- Narrated by: Kirk Laughead
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 17-09-24
- Language: English
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