A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States Frederick Law Olmsted 9781520444246 Books
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In 1852, Frederick Law Olmsted, began his first journey down the Eastern Seaboard to visit the slave states of Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. His dispatches to The New York Times form the basis of this fascinating account of slavery before the American Civil War. This first-person account of the pre-war South presents a stark depiction of those states which relied upon a slave economy. He provides a vivid description of how both the slave-owning elites and the African-American populations lived and worked, supporting his observations with critical analysis. “A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States remains a classic on a par with Alexis de Tocqueville’s endlessly cited critique of a generation earlier.” The New York Review of Books “As an argument against slavery, his book seems to us worth any number of Uncle Tom’s Cabins; for he writes upon the subject without noise or passion, and contents himself with stating in a simple manner what he has observed, and what conclusions he has founded upon his observations.” The Saturday Review “No one can ever understand rightly the industrial and economic history of the southern states without a definite conception of the practical workings of slavery itself. These are the considerations which make Mr. Olmstead’s book of permanent value.” Francis W. Shepardson, Journal of Political Economy “Some of the most interesting works that have been written on America … are the production of a native, Mr. F. L. Olmsted.” The British Quarterly Review A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is essential reading for anyone interested in nineteenth century American history and the development of the abolition movement before the American Civil War. Frederick Law Olmsted was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator and landscape architect. He was particularly famous for assisting in the design of many of America’s most loved parks, including Central Park in New York City, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Elm Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. He wrote three different accounts of his travels across America. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is his most famous and was published in 1856. Olmsted died in 1903.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States Frederick Law Olmsted 9781520444246 Books
The content is five-star. The silly uncorrected OCR errors in the text bear no excuse and take the mark down. The northerner is Frederick Law Olmstead, designer of Central Park in NYC in 1858-1873 - a genius. In the early and mid-1850s,he was a journalist seeking to discover first hand how about the lives of slaves and slave-owners in different parts of the South. He attempts to record the dialects of both white and black. He is candid about how the jolly voices of both black and white story-tellers at first amuse and entertain him. But soon, at each venue, a dark side emerges from slave and owner alike- Each is hiding something with their jollity - hiding a lot. The slave hides his hatreds in the sloth of his or her everyday efforts. The owner hides his fear of knowing that his way of life can be "saved" only by a scorched earth policy against opponents of slavery.This is not as smooth a documentary as "60 Minutes" of 120 years later. You must overlook, even if you enjoy, the Amos and Andy dialects. But, boy, is this powerful in its own way. Just what do you do when you sympathize with the victim, but both victim and victimizer tell you nine ways from Sunday that there is no victim in the South's slavery system?
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States Frederick Law Olmsted 9781520444246 Books Reviews
Olmsted, through his meticulous collection of data obtained from his multi-year trip into the deep south, presents the reader with the cultural and economic impacts that slavery has had on southern states. And it's not a pretty picture that emerges. What struck me most was that he inadvertently provided the reader with a window as to what the outcome of the civil war would be long before it started. Shackled to the decadence and inefficiencies of slavery, southern states were woefully ill prepared to fight the economic colossis of the north.
Its amazing how much has changed since this book was written over 160 years old. Not only the content but the manner of writing. It's very interesting from an anthropological view, how people talked before the Civil War and thought about things. It seems an honest telling of his experiences and thoughts even though when read today extremely offensive by our standards. Since this book was written about ten years or so before the Civil War hopefully many of the enslaved people he saw were eventually freed and able to live their own lives and work for themselves.
This is a "fresh" look at slavery, though it was written over 100 years ago. It proved for me that many common use as about slavery are wrong. The practice, and ideas that people had in those times were more varied and complex than the ideas we often subscribe to. I am glad for the education I received herein, and especially the conclusion of the wrongness of slavery. It was also good to learn of the humanity of many Southerners, who knew slavery to be wrong, even though they struggled with how to end this ugly practice .
One of the best books I have ever read on slavery in actual practice and of course it's impact on the development of southern society. It is equal to the Kemble Sister who visited her her husband sea Island plantation.First time I had noted how dirty all the slaves were and culturally improvised the plantation houses were. The same items were promminant in the seaboard states, where a clean sheet was rarely seen.
I had no idea that Olmstead was involved in the abolitionist movement. This is a not a preachy diatribe against slavery. It is a surprisingly entertaining and informative report of the author's travels from Virginia to Louisiana. He puts in a surprisingly rich account of daily life for whites and for slaves. He relates details of his daily experiences. He gets a little dry when he presents the dollars and cents analysis of the slave-based economy. For me, as a retired naturalist, some of the most interesting passages described the plants, soils, and hydrology of the areas through which he passed. Travel sure was a pain in the ass in the South in the middle of the 19th century.
Great book on history of the South---if you like this book you will also want to read
1. A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier (1857)
2. A Woman Rice Planter (1914)
3. In Ole Virginia (1896)
4. A Diary From Dixie (1905) as Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861
5. Truths of History A fair, unbiased, impartial, unprejudiced and conscientious study of history. (1920)
6. The Southampton Insurrection (1900) (Linked Table of Contents)
7. My Life as a Slave (1884)
8. The Diary of a Lady of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from June 15 to July 15, 1863
9. An Authentic Exposition of the "K.G.C." "Knights of the Golden Circle" Or, A History of Secession from 1834 to 1861
10. Clotel Or the President's Daughter, A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
Absorbing, marvelously written by the famous landscape architect during his Abolitionist activities. Too bad the edition is so poorly edited - and its worse as it goes on. This edition also, as a bonus, includes his fascinating writing about horseback travel in Texas before the Civil War. Not mentioned on the cover. It's worth putting up with the flaws to read the book(s).
The content is five-star. The silly uncorrected OCR errors in the text bear no excuse and take the mark down. The northerner is Frederick Law Olmstead, designer of Central Park in NYC in 1858-1873 - a genius. In the early and mid-1850s,he was a journalist seeking to discover first hand how about the lives of slaves and slave-owners in different parts of the South. He attempts to record the dialects of both white and black. He is candid about how the jolly voices of both black and white story-tellers at first amuse and entertain him. But soon, at each venue, a dark side emerges from slave and owner alike- Each is hiding something with their jollity - hiding a lot. The slave hides his hatreds in the sloth of his or her everyday efforts. The owner hides his fear of knowing that his way of life can be "saved" only by a scorched earth policy against opponents of slavery.
This is not as smooth a documentary as "60 Minutes" of 120 years later. You must overlook, even if you enjoy, the Amos and Andy dialects. But, boy, is this powerful in its own way. Just what do you do when you sympathize with the victim, but both victim and victimizer tell you nine ways from Sunday that there is no victim in the South's slavery system?
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