Excursion through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico 2 Volume Set: Excursion through the Slave States, from ... of Popular Manners and Geological Notices - Brossura

Featherstonhaugh, G. W.

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ISBN 10: 110803280X ISBN 13: 9781108032803

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

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not to publish his work in the US, as his opinions might 'irritate a powerful interest', and his manuscript remained unpublished until 1844, after his return to England.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.

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In 1834–5 the English geologist George William Featherstonhaugh (1780–1866) travelled from the East Coast of the US to the Arkansas territory. Published in 1844, this two-volume travelogue vividly records the landscape, natural history and society of the southern slave states. Volume 1 covers Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri.

Contenuti:

Introduction; 1. Barnum's Hotel at Baltimore; 2. Ascent of the first Alleghany Ridges; 3. A Virginia hotel in the mountains; 4. The celebrated White Sulphur Springs; 5. State of society at Compulsion Row; 6. The system of Alleghany Ridges caused by an upheaval from below, and the White Sulphur Springs a consequence of the movement; 7. Paying beforehand as bad as not paying at all; 8. Depart on foot across the mountains to Fincastle; 9. Cause of some confusion in the designation of the Alleghany Ridges explained; 10. A pleasant party in a stage coach; 11. A Negro-driver in mourning for a great patriot; 12. Indian practice of burning the underwood to enable the natives to pursue the game; 13. Description of Nashville; 14. The religious sect of the Campbellites; 15. Leave Nashville; 16. Leave Louisville, and take to the stage-coach again; 17. A remarkable barrow; 18. Purchase a waggon; 19. Departure from St. Louis; 20. Taplitt and Perry's lead mines; 21. Mine la Motte; 22. Big Black River.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 110803280X
• ISBN 13: 9781108032803
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 406