Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom
A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States Based Upon Three Former Journeys and InvestigationsBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Length13h 14m
About this audiobook
"My own observation of the real condition of the people of our Slave States, gave me ... an impression that the cotton monopoly in some way did them more harm than good; and although the written narration of what I saw was not intended to set this forth, upon reviewing it for the present publication, I find the impression has become a conviction." He argued that slavery had made the slave states inefficient (a set amount of work took 4 times as long in Virginia as in the North) and backward both economically and socially. Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom was published during the first six months of the American Civil War at the suggestion of Olmsted's English publisher. To this he wrote a new introduction in which he stated explicitly his views on the effect of slavery on the economy and social conditions of the southern states.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length13 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY THE PRESENT CRISIS
6CHAPTER V VIRGINIA AND ITS ECONOMY — CONTINUED (pt. 2)
2CHAPTER II THE JOURNEY FROM WASHINGTON
7CHAPTER VI SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, SURVEYED
3CHAPTER III
8CHAPTER VII THE SOUTH-WEST, ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI
4CHAPTER IV THE ECONOMY OF VIRGINIA
9CHAPTER VIII MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA
5CHAPTER V VIRGINIA AND ITS ECONOMY — CONTINUED (pt. 1)
10CHAPTER IX FROM LOUISIANA THROUGH TEXAS
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