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Life and Liberty in America, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8

Life and Liberty in America, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8

MacKay, Charles

Paperback

Series: Cosimo Classics Travel & Exploration

Travel WritingGeneral United StatesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 159605431X
ISBN13: 9781596054318
Publisher: Cosimo Inc
Published: Nov 1 2005
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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.

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