The cotton kingdom
a traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American slave states : based upon three former volumes of journeys and investigations by the same author
by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.
- 9 Want to read
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is best known for designing New York City's Central Park, and parks in Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, and Washington. But before he embarked upon his career as the nation's foremost landscape architect, he was a correspondent for The New York Times, and it was under its auspices that he journeyed through the slave states in the 1850s.
His day-by-day observations - including intimate accounts of the daily lives of masters and slaves, the operation of the plantation system, and the pernicious effects of slaves on all classes of society, black and white - were largely collected in the Cotton Kingdom. Published in 1861, just as the Southern states were storming out of the Union, it has been hailed ever since as singularly fair and authentic, an unparalleled account of America's "peculiar institution."
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Description and travel, Economic conditions, Slavery, Cotton growing, History, Slaves, Biography, Cotton growing and manufacture, Southern States, Travel, Landeskunde, Südstaaten, Economic history, Descriptions et voyages, Conditions économiques, Olmsted, frederick law, 1822-1903, Southern states, description and travel, Southern states, economic conditions, Slavery, united statesPlaces
Southern States, United StatesTimes
19th century
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 623-626) and index.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1953.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
Olmsted
from Karen5Lund
-
To Read
from Bart Christensen
| August 4, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| December 25, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| July 13, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
| March 27, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 9, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |