The Cotton Kingdom, volume 1 (of 2) : A traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American Slave States

Name: The Cotton Kingdom, volume 1 (of 2) : A traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American Slave States
Author: Frederick Law Olmsted

by Frederick Law Olmsted

EN·~12 hours

Chapters

Description

Considerably abridged from the author's "A journey in the seaboard slave states," "A journey through Texas," and "A journey in the back country."

Details

Language

Duration

~12 hours (691K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York: Mason Brothers, 1861.

Credits

Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. Map reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library.)

Release date

2024-01-11

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Southern States -- Description and travel Southern States -- Economic conditions Cotton growing -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- Southern States F206

About the author

Frederick Law Olmsted

1870–1957

A leading voice in American landscape architecture and city planning, he helped carry his family’s design legacy into the 20th century while shaping ideas about parks, public land, and conservation. His work linked beautiful places with practical planning, from city systems to major national park efforts.

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