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The Slave Dancer
- By: Paula Fox
- Narrated by: Peter MacNicol
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
Jessie Bollier often played his fife to earn a few pennies down by the New Orleans docks. One afternoon a sailor asked him to pipe a tune, and that evening Jessie was kidnapped and dumped aboard The Moonlight, a slave ship, where a hateful duty awaited him. He was to play music so the slaves could "dance" to keep their muscles strong, their bodies profitable. Jessie was sickened by the thought of taking part in the business of trading rum and tobacco for blacks and then selling the ones who survived the frightful sea voyage from Africa.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A black time in history
- By Amazon Customer on 05-30-17
- The Slave Dancer
- By: Paula Fox
- Narrated by: Peter MacNicol
Excellent
Reviewed: 02-16-21
Excellent reading that provided family entertainment with important history lesson. Engaging performance with only two minor issues. The background music was great for affect but it was too loud, overpowering and drowning out the narrator, making it difficult to hear. The only other issue was it skipped 2 pages (117-118)..
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