The Slave States of America

Volume 1

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ID19909258
AuthorsJames Silk Buckingham (corresponding author)
Year2011
Publication date2011-07-14
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueSlave States of America (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139060332
OpenAlexW1565650979
Open LibraryOL29072106M
ISBN9781139060332
LanguageEN
Citations received11

The 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 social and political issues surrounding free labour, and relations between the slaves and their employers. Volume 1 includes descriptions of Charleston, Augusta, and New Orleans

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Buckingham · Cornish · Economic history · Geography · Narrative · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · description and travel · Slavery · Southern states · united states

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