Journeys and Explorations in the Cottom Kingdom of America, Volume 2
by Frederick Law Olmsted
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About this eBook
- Author
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
- Title
- The Cotton Kingdom, volume 2 (of 2) : A traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American Slave States
- Original Publication
- New York: Mason Brothers, 1861.
- Credits
- Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F206: United States local history: The South. South Atlantic States
- Subject
- Slavery -- Southern States
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72677
- Release Date
- January 11, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.JOURNEYS AND EXPLORATIONS IN THE COTTON KINGDOM OF AMERICA.
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.CONTENTS.
- 6.COTTON AND SLAVERY.
- 7.CHAPTER I. SOUTH-WESTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN TEXAS.
- 8.CHAPTER II. A TRIP INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
- 9.CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR COTTON DISTRICTS—CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, ETC.
- 10.CHAPTER IV. THE EXCEPTIONAL LARGE PLANTERS.
- 11.CHAPTER V. SLAVERY IN ITS PROPERTY ASPECT—MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF THE SLAVES, ETC.
- 12.CHAPTER VI. SLAVERY AS A POOR-LAW SYSTEM.
- 13.CHAPTER VII. COTTON SUPPLY AND WHITE LABOUR IN THE COTTON CLIMATE.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII. THE CONDITION AND CHARACTER OF THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES OF THE SOUTH.
- 15.CHAPTER IX. THE DANGER OF THE SOUTH.
- 16.APPENDIX (A.) THE CONDITION OF VIRGINIA.—STATISTICS.
- 17.APPENDIX (B.) THE SLAVE TRADE IN VIRGINIA.
- 18.APPENDIX (C.) COST OF LABOUR IN THE BORDER STATES.
- 19.APPENDIX (D.) STATISTICS OF THE GEORGIA SEABOARD.
- 20.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:
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