Excursion Through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico: Volume 2: With Sketches of Popular Manners and ... Library Collection - Travel and Exploration) - Softcover

Excursion Through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico : With Sketches of Popular Manners and Geological Notices

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The English geologist George William Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) was commissioned to undertake a survey of the Arkansas territory in America, and spent 1834-5 travelling through the southern slave states to reach his destination. He was shocked by the slave system of the south, saying he 'had never seen so revolting a sight'. When he began to write about his experiences, Featherstonhaugh was urged not to publish his work in the US, as his opinions might 'irritate a powerful interest', and his manuscript remained unpublished until 1844, after his return to England. His lively two-volume account of his adventures contains a fascinating mixture of scientific and sociological detail. It is a closely observed record of Southern society in the period before the Civil War that candidly documents the violence experienced by Black slaves, Native Americans and frontier settlers. Volume 2 describes the geography and inhabitants of Arksansas and New Orleans. Artikel-Nr. 9781108032810

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