American Scenes, and Christian Slavery - A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States

The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Scenes, and Christian Slavery by Ebenezer DaviesThis 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 atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United StatesAuthor: Ebenezer DaviesRelease Date: February 1, 2004 [EBook #10898]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTIAN SLAVERY ***Produced by PG Distributed ProofreadersAMERICAN SCENES,ANDCHRISTIAN 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 forintelligence 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 ofSlavery, he had opportunities of observing that system not often enjoyed by a British "Abolitionist." As the Pastor, also, ofa large congregation, of whom a great number were but a few years ...