Life and Liberty in America, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8Cosimo, Inc., 01/01/2005 - 416 páginas In visiting a rice plantation, my object was not so much to satisfy myself that the slave-owners of America are kind to their negroes, as to satisfy the public opinion of Charleston that English travelers are not prejudiced against Southern proprietors...-from "A Rice Plantation"Life and Liberty in America in America. The title is intentionally ironic-Charles Mackay was well aware of the paradox of studying liberty in a slave-holding nation; his biting wit and extraordinarily opinionated personality shines through in this intriguing work. Subtitled "Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8" and first published in 1860, Mackay's impressions span the continent, from New York's Broadway at night-which is far less the boulevard of vice Mackay expected, and nothing, he assures, to compare to the decadence of London or Paris-to the Mormons of Utah-McKay bitterly wonders why America's freedom of religion should extend to a faith he deems "superstitious." As a document of America just prior to the Civil War, seen through the eyes of an outsider, this is a fascinating and historically important book.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Mackay's Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.Scottish journalist CHARLES MACKAY (1814-1889) held an honorary law degree from Glasgow University, as well as a doctorate in literature. A renowned poet and songwriter, he also authored a Dictionary of Lowland Scotch. |
Índice
A RICE PLANTATION | 199 |
SAVANNAH AND THE SEA ISLANDS | 208 |
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO VIRGINIA | 217 |
FROM RICHMOND TO WASHINGTON | 224 |
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF SLAVERY | 231 |
PROSLAVERY PHILOSOPHY | 247 |
DECLINE OF THE SPANISH RACE IN AMERICA | 258 |
BALTIMORE AND MARYLAND | 270 |
| 58 | |
| 64 | |
| 71 | |
| 77 | |
| 87 | |
AMERICANISMS AND AMERICAN SLANG | 100 |
THE IRISH IN AMERICA | 112 |
FROM WASHINGTON TO CINCINNATI | 117 |
THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST | 125 |
ST LOUIS MISSOURI | 138 |
THE MORMONS | 147 |
FROM ST LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS | 151 |
THE CRESCENT CITY 66 | 162 |
FROM LOUISIANA TO ALABAMA | 178 |
SOUTII CAROLINA | 187 |
SOUTH CAROLINAcontinued | 192 |
FROM BALTIMORE TO NEW YORK | 279 |
AMERICAN LITERATURE ART AND SCIENCE | 287 |
PARTIES AND PARTY TYRANNY | 300 |
ALBANY | 309 |
THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES | 314 |
CILAP PAGE XXXVII FROM ALBANY TO MONTREAL | 326 |
TO THE TOP OF BEL EIL | 337 |
THE ST LAWRENCE | 345 |
QUEBEC | 355 |
TORONTO | 370 |
HAMILTON LONDON AND OTTAWA | 379 |
SHOOTING THE RAPIDS | 387 |
EMIGRATION | 396 |
HOME AGAIN | 407 |
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Página 38 - These are cast-iron, cottage-shaped boxes, attached to the sides of the houses, communicating, by means of wires inclosed in a wrought-iron gaspipe, with the signal circuit overhead. On the door, of each signal box the number of the fire district, and also the number of the box or station itself in its district, are marked, and the place in the neighborhood where the key-holder may be found is also prominently notified. On opening the door of the signal box a crank is seen. When this is turned it...
Página 223 - American building, having a portico at one end, consisting of a colonnade, entablature, and pediment, whose apicial angle is rather too acute. There are windows on all sides, and doors in the two longer sides, which are reached by high and unsightly double flights of steps placed sidewise, under which are other doors leading to the basement. The view from the portico is extensive, various, and beautiful.
Página 255 - You can command, without touching on that capital, three thousand dollars' worth of labor per annum. You could do no more were you to buy slaves with it, and then you would be cumbered with the cares of governing and providing for them. You are a slaveholder now, to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, with all the advantages, and none of the cares and responsibilities of a master.
Página 255 - Labor is indispensable to give value to property, and if you owned every thing else, and did not own labor, you would be poor. But fifty thousand dollars means, and is, fifty thousand dollars worth of slaves. You can command, without touching on that capital, three thousand dollars
Página 132 - Sura, in the vicinity of Salins, in France. At that point the vine region suddenly ends, and many vines are there cultivated on the north side of the mountain, where the ground is covered with snow the whole winter long, from three to four feet deep.
Página 24 - Oysters pickled, stewed, baked, roasted, fried, and scolloped ; oysters made into soups, patties, and puddings ; oysters with condiments and without condiments ; oysters for breakfast, dinner, and supper ; oysters without stint or limit — fresh as the pure air, and almost as abundant — are daily offered to the palates of the Manhattanese, and appreciated with all the gratitude which such a bounty of nature ought to inspire.
Página 280 - no place in our wide extent of country, where wildfowl shooting is followed" with so much ardor as on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, not only by those who make a comfortable living from the business, but also by gentlemen, who resort to these waters from all parts of the adjoining States to participate in the enjoyments of this far-famed ducking ground. All species of...
Página 208 - On this plantation I have no doubt, from what I saw, that the slaves are kindly treated, and that the patriarchal relation in all its best aspects exists between the master and his poor dependents. But I do not wish to depict this one as a sample of all, but confine myself to a simple narrative of what I saw. Slavery has many aspects, and upon some future occasion I may be enabled to state some other facts, less patent, which may throw light upon its operation not only upon the fortunes and character...
Página 209 - Taking my passage in the tidy little boat, the St. Mary's, bound for the St. John's River in Florida, and touching at Savannah, I found myself in comfortable quarters. The crew consisted entirely of negro slaves; the only white men on board, the passengers excepted, being the captain and the clerk. There are two routes to Savannah by sea — one the outer, and one the inner — and the St.
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The International Library of Afro-American Life and History: Wesley, C.H ... Visualização de excertos - 1976 |