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Visit to the United States in 1841 (Hardcover)
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Visit to the United States in 1841 (Hardcover)
Series: Travel in America
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For obvious reasons, the abolition of slavery in the United States
is the most prominent topic in my narrative; but I have freely
interspersed observations on other subjects of interest and
importance, as they came under consideration.... -from the Preface
All but forgotten in antislavery history of the United States, this
powerful testimonial, by a British visitor to American shores,
offers an intimate look through an outsider's eye at the South's
peculiar institution. Sturges, a British Quaker and activist, draws
brief portraits of prominent American abolitionists and, unlike
many similar contemporary works, does not ignore the contributions
of women as social reformers in pre-Civil War American society.
Whether it's relating the tale of a runaway slave and her baby sold
back into slavery or addressing the everyday indignities suffered
by even free black Americans, this 1842 work seethes with the
passion and indignation that would eventually see the end of
slavery in the United States. British philanthropist and
abolitionist JOSEPH STURGE (1793-1859) also wrote The West Indies
in 1837, an account of slavery in the islands.
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