Excursion Through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico: Volume 1 - Couverture souple

Featherstonhaugh, G. W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 110803280X ISBN 13 : 9781108032803

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Published in 1844, this description of the American South documents its fascinating geography and its often harsh and violent society.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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not to publish his work in the US, as his opinions might 'irritate a powerful interest', and his manuscript remained unpublished until 1844, after his return to England.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 1 describes the Alleghany Mountains, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 110803280X
• ISBN 13: 9781108032803
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 406
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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