ABSTRACT

This abridged version of Harriet Martineau's narrative of her travels in Jacksonian America preserves her reporting on slavery and other current topics of the day, as well as her insights on women's place in society, and her observations and vignettes of famous people such as John Calhoun.

chapter |3 pages

Arrival in America

chapter |6 pages

First Impressions

chapter |7 pages

The Hudson

chapter |4 pages

Weddings

chapter |12 pages

High Road Travelling

chapter |7 pages

Prisons

chapter |3 pages

First Sight of Slavery

chapter |16 pages

Life at Washington

chapter |13 pages

The Capitol

chapter |8 pages

Madison

chapter |3 pages

Jefferson's University

chapter |7 pages

Country Life in the South

chapter |13 pages

Charleston

chapter |4 pages

Restless Slaves

chapter |8 pages

New Orleans

chapter |9 pages

Mississippi Voyage

chapter |7 pages

Compromise

chapter |10 pages

Cincinnati

chapter |4 pages

New England Villages

chapter |7 pages

Harvard College

chapter |11 pages

Mutes and Blind

chapter |5 pages

Hot and Cold Weather

chapter |17 pages

American Originals