{"product_id":"the-slave-states-of-america-2-volume-set-9781108033473","title":"The Slave States of America 2 Volume Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781108033473","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Slave States of America 2 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume work, published in 1842, described the situation of slaves in the southern USA and called for their liberation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Silk Buckingham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033473, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 14 July 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1236 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 7.2 cm, 1.59 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\"\u003eThe Cornish-born traveller and writer James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) campaigned energetically for social reform while a Member of Parliament during the 1830s. He later spent four years in the United States, and in 1839 travelled across the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama to observe at first hand the inhumane treatment of slaves in a system that showed 'reckless indifference to human life'. Originally published in 1842, and dedicated to Prince Albert, this two-volume work documents Buckingham's findings and argues that the USA should follow Britain's example in abolishing slavery. Within the framework of a travel narrative recording climate, geography, flora and fauna, Buckingham describes the use of slaves in industries as diverse as gold mining, cotton manufacturing, railways, canals, and agriculture. He highlights the economic, social and political implications of a change to free labour, and relations between the slaves and their employers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: Dedication\u003cbr\u003e 1. Embarkation at New York for Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 2. First visit of Europeans to Florida\u003cbr\u003e 3. Description of the State of South Carolina\u003cbr\u003e 4. Description of the city of Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 5. Climate of Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 6. Departure for Savannah\u003cbr\u003e 7. Foundation, rise, and progress of Savannah\u003cbr\u003e 8. Description of the city of Savannah\u003cbr\u003e 9. Newspapers, instability of editors\u003cbr\u003e 10. Embarkation in the steam-boat for Augusta\u003cbr\u003e 11. Plan of the city, spacious streets\u003cbr\u003e 12. Departure from Augusta for Warrenton\u003cbr\u003e 13. Departure from Macon for Columbus\u003cbr\u003e 14. Leave Georgia for Alabama\u003cbr\u003e 15. Voyage down the Alabama river to Mobile\u003cbr\u003e 16. Description of the State of Alabama\u003cbr\u003e 17. Departure from Mobile for New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 18. History of the colony\u003cbr\u003e 19. History of New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 20. Description of New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 21. Plan and topography of the old city\u003cbr\u003e 22. Population of New Orleans, white and coloured\u003cbr\u003e 23. This chapter, by an error in enumerating, is left out\u003cbr\u003e 24. Public undertakings and improvements\u003cbr\u003e 25. Newspapers of New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 26. Last day passed in New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 27. Departure from New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 28. Settlement and progress of the State of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 29. Area and productions of the State of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 30. Points for commerce\u003cbr\u003e 31. Embarkation at Natchez for New Orleans\u003cbr\u003e 32. History, progress, and description of Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e 33. Leave Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e 34. Description of Columbus\u003cbr\u003e 35. Leave Columbus for Macon\u003cbr\u003e 36. Journey from Augusta to Charleston by railroad. Volume 2: 1. Journey from Charleston to Columbia\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Columbia to Augusta\u003cbr\u003e 3. Departure from Augusta for Athens\u003cbr\u003e 4. Public funeral of the late Judge Clayton\u003cbr\u003e 5. History and condition of the Cherokee Indians\u003cbr\u003e 6. Environs of Athens\u003cbr\u003e 7. Journey to the Madison Springs\u003cbr\u003e 8. Description of Greenville\u003cbr\u003e 9. Journey to Flatrock\u003cbr\u003e 10. History of the state of North Carolina\u003cbr\u003e 11. Departure from the Warm Springs\u003cbr\u003e 12. Improved aspect of the country\u003cbr\u003e 13. Journey from Tennessee to Virginia\u003cbr\u003e 14. Journey from Abingdon to the Virginia Springs\u003cbr\u003e 15. Red Sulphur Springs\u003cbr\u003e 16. White Sulphur Springs\u003cbr\u003e 17. Journey from the Sweet Springs to Fincastle\u003cbr\u003e 18. Entrance into Wyer's Cave\u003cbr\u003e 19. Journey to Waynesborough through Rock-fish Gap\u003cbr\u003e 20. Stay at Richmond\u003cbr\u003e 21. Journey to Petersburgh\u003cbr\u003e 22. Description of Norfolk\u003cbr\u003e 23. Visit to the fortifications at Old Point Comfort\u003cbr\u003e 24. History of Virginia\u003cbr\u003e 25. First representative assembly at James Town\u003cbr\u003e 26. Present extent, condition, and statistics of Virginia\u003cbr\u003e 27. Departure from Norfolk\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Faquier Springs\u003cbr\u003e 29. 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