{"product_id":"excursion-through-the-slave-states-from-washington-on-the-potomac-to-the-frontier-of-mexico-with-sketches-of-popular-manners-and-geological-notices-9781108032810","title":"Excursion Through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico: With Sketches of Popular Manners and Geological Notices","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): George William Featherstonhaugh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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not to publish his work in the US, as his opinions might 'irritate a powerful interest', and his manuscript remained unpublished until 1844, after his return to England.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 2 describes the geography and inhabitants of Arksansas and New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47578588774551,"sku":"9781108032810","price":4625.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781108032810.webp?v=1774906497","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/excursion-through-the-slave-states-from-washington-on-the-potomac-to-the-frontier-of-mexico-with-sketches-of-popular-manners-and-geological-notices-9781108032810","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}