tailieunhanh - American Scenes, and Christian Slavery

During his recent sojourn in the United States, the Author did not conceive the intention of writing a book on the subject. All he contemplated was the publication of a few letters in a London Journal on which he had been accustomed to rely for intelligence from Europe when residing in Berbice. So much he was disposed to attempt for several reasons. Having entered the States by their most Southern port--that of New Orleans, and finding himself at once in the midst of Slavery, he had opportunities of observing that system not often enjoyed by a British "Abolitionist." As the Pastor, also, of a large congregation,. | American Scenes and Christian Slavery 1 American Scenes and Christian Slavery The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Scenes and Christian Slavery by Ebenezer Davies This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title American Scenes and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States Author Ebenezer Davies Release Date February 1 2004 EBook 10898 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTIAN SLAVERY Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders AMERICAN SCENES AND CHRISTIAN SLAVERY A RECENT TOUR OF FOUR THOUSAND MILES IN THE UNITED STATES. BY EBENEZER DAVIES LATE MINISTER OF MISSION CHAPEL NEW AMSTERDAM BERBICE. MDCCCXLIX. PREFACE. During his recent sojourn in the United States the Author did not conceive the intention of writing a book on the subject. All he contemplated was the publication of a few letters in a London Journal on which he had been accustomed to rely for intelligence from Europe when residing in Berbice. So much he was disposed to attempt for several reasons. Having entered the States by their most Southern port--that of New Orleans and finding himself at once in the midst of Slavery he had opportunities of observing that system not often enjoyed by a British Abolitionist. As the Pastor also of a large congregation of whom a great number were but a few years ago held in cruel bondage he would naturally look upon the treatment of the same race in America with keener eyes and feelings more acute than if he had not stood in that relation. Identified too with those persons who represent the principles of the old Puritans and Nonconformists in England he would survey the growth and spread of those principles in their new soil and climate with a more American Scenes and Christian .