{"product_id":"american-scenes-and-christian-slavery-a-recent-tour-of-four-thousand-miles-in-the-united-states-paperback-9781108003872","title":"American Scenes and Christian Slavery; A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003872","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Scenes and Christian Slavery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican life and the slave trade during the nineteenth century, as observed by a British abolitionist, Ebenezer Davies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEbenezer Davies (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108003872, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1849, American Scenes and Christian Slavery is a description, in epistolary format, of American life, nature, culture, and its slave trade during the nineteenth century, as observed by a British abolitionist, Ebenezer Davies, during his travels through the United States. Davies had been the minister of Mission Chapel, New Amsterdam, and in this collection of letters, he offers valuable contemporary perspectives on the people and the manners of America as they appeared to him during a journey of over four thousand miles. A favourable reception of a few similar letters that were published in the Patriot magazine paved the way for the preparation of this book. The book's 37 chapters record the author's impressions of Ohio, the river Mississippi and the cities of New Orleans, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. Davies' travelogue is a witty account of an English traveller's experiences of nineteenth-century America.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Occasion of visit to the United States\u003cbr\u003e 2. American oysters\u003cbr\u003e 3. New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 4. A sabbath in New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 5. First religious service in America\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Jack Jones'\u003cbr\u003e 7. The slave auction (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 8. St Louis exchange\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sale of women\u003cbr\u003e 10. Interview with a Baptist minister\u003cbr\u003e 11. Farewell to New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 12. Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Voyage up the Ohio (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Stay at Cincinnati (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Stay at Cincinnati (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Visit to Lane Seminary (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 19. A sabbath at Cincinnati\u003cbr\u003e 20. Stay at Cincinnati (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 21. Stay at Cincinnati (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Cincinnati\u003cbr\u003e 23. Arrival at Pittsburg\u003cbr\u003e 24. Journey by railroad from Cumberland to Baltimore\u003cbr\u003e 25. A sabbath at Baltimore (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 26. Departure from Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003e 27. A Presbyterian church in New York\u003cbr\u003e 28. A visit to Mount Vernon\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Rev. Theodore Sedgwick Wright\u003cbr\u003e 30. Trip to New Haven\u003cbr\u003e 31. The spot on which Whitfield preached\u003cbr\u003e 32. A fast-day\u003cbr\u003e 33. The 'Retreat'\u003cbr\u003e 34. Boston (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 35. A peep at the House of Representatives in Albany\u003cbr\u003e 36. The May meetings\u003cbr\u003e 37. What the author thinks of the Americans.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265907249432,"sku":"9781108003872","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108003872i.jpg?v=1694867194","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-scenes-and-christian-slavery-a-recent-tour-of-four-thousand-miles-in-the-united-states-paperback-9781108003872","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}