History

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2)

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Olive Gilbert



Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in 1797 (or thereabouts) in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. This narrati…

Guy Fawkes; or, A Complete History of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605

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Thomas Lathbury



Though the particulars connected with the Gunpowder Treason may be perused in the general histories of the period, yet I am not aware, that …

Stories of North Pole Adventure

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Frank Mundell



This volume does not pretend to be a history of Artic exploration. My aim has been to narrate some of the most thrilling incidents of Polar …

The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume II

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Horatio Nelson



Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …

1946 Radio News


WA4CZD



News from 1946. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1946 news file …

Побег из Бухенвальда

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Зинченко Григорий



01. От автора  02. Начало скитаний  03. Новый закон о трудоустройстве  04. Великая тайна  05. Вторая мировая война  …

The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt

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David Miller DeWitt



April, 1865 -- The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the p…

A Book of American Explorers

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson



This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Native Races and the War

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Josephine Butler



Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, i…

The Glories of Ireland

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Joseph Dunn



A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…

Child-life in Art

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Estelle M. Hurll



The poetry of childhood is full of attractiveness to the artist, and many and varied are the forms in which he interprets it. The Christ-chi…

Sleeping Sickness

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Fleming Mant Sandwith



In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02

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Charles F. Horne



A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Columbus

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Joaquin Miller



This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…

Lancashire

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Francis Archibald Bruton



The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…

England, Canada and the Great War

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Louis-Georges Desjardins



Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted…

Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage

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Rodris Roth



The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933


Various



Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933

The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain

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John Henry Ingram



Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its …

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