American Scenes, and Christian Slavery | Page 2

Ebenezer Davies
like it, they will read; if not, the most seductive preface would not tempt them.
E. DAVIES.
LONDON, January 1, 1849.

CONTENTS.
LETTER I.
Occasion of Visit to the United States--First Impressions of the Mississippi--Magnitude of that River--Impediment at its Entrance--The New Harbour--The "Great" and "Fat" Valley--High Pressure Steam-Tug Frolics--Slave-Auction Facetiae
LETTER II.
American Oysters--Becalmed in the Mississippi--Anchor raised--Ship ashore--Taken off by a Steam Tug--Slave-Sale Advertisements--Runaway Negroes--Return of Fever--Terrific Storm--Frightful Position--Ashore at New Orleans--A Ship-Chandler's Store--American Wheels--A Joltification--The St. Charles's Hotel
LETTER III.
New Orleans--The Story of Pauline--Adieu to the St Charles's--Description of that Establishment--First Sight of Slaves for Sale--Texts for Southern Divines--Perilous Picture
LETTER IV.
A Sabbath in New Orleans--The First Presbyterian Church--Expectoration--A Negro Pew--The Sermon
LETTER V.
First Religious Service in America (continued)--A Collection "taken up"--Rush out--Evening Service--Sketch of the Sermon--Profanation of the Sabbath--The Monthly Concert for Prayer
LETTER VI.
"Jack Jones"--A Public Meeting for Ireland--Henry Clay--Other Speakers--American Feeling in reference to the Irish Famine--A Slave-Auction
LETTER VII.
The Slave-Auction (continued)--"A Fine Young Woman"--A Man and his Wife--Jim, the Blacksmith--A Family--A Ploughboy--Cornelia--Another Jim--Tom, the House Boy--Edmund--Tom, and "his reserved rights"--A Carriage Driver--Margaret and her Child
LETTER VIII.
St. Louis Exchange--Inspection of Human Chattels--Artizan Slaves--Scenes and Proceedings of the Auction--Sale of the Men
LETTER IX.
Sale of Women--Second Sabbath in New Orleans--Cricket in front of the Presbyterian "Church"--The Baptist "Church"--A Peep at an American Sabbath School--Proceedings in "Church"--A Sermon on "The New Birth"--Nut-cracking during Sermon--"Close Communion"
LETTER X.
Interview with a Baptist Minister--Conversation with a Young Man in the Baptist Church--The Presbyterian Church, and Dr. Scott again--A Peep at the House of Representatives of Louisiana--Contrast between the French and the Americans in the Treatment of their Slaves--Dinner Table in New Orleans--American Manners
LETTER XI.
Farewell to New Orleans--Revolting Bargain--"The Anglo Saxon" Steam-boat--Moderate Fare--Steam Navigation of the Mississippi --Steam-boat and Railway Literature--Parting View of the "Crescent City"--Slave Advertisements--Baton Rouge--A Sugar Estate--Fellow-Passengers--The Ladies' Cabin--A Baptist Minister--A Reverend Slave-holder
LETTER XII.
Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)--"Patriarchal" Establishments--The Red River--Elder Wright--Lynch Law administered by a Preacher--Natchez --Story of Mary Brown--The Flat Boats of the Mississippi
LETTER XIII.
Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)--Grand Gulph and Big Black River--Snags--"I belong to myself, Sir"--Vicksburg and Lynch Law--A Man Overboard--"Drove of Horses, Mules, and Niggers"--Character of Fellow-Passengers--The Sabbath--Disobedience to Conscience
LETTER XIV.
Voyage up the Mississippi (continued)--The Arkansas--Treatment of the Indians--M de Tocqueville--"Napoleon" and Lynch Law--Memphis, and its Advertisements--A Scene witnessed there--The Ohio--Nashville, and Amos Dresser
LETTER XV.
Voyage up the Ohio (continued)--Illinois--Evansville--Owensborough --Indiana--New Albany--Louisville, and its Cruel Histories--The Grave of President Harrison--Arrival in Cincinnati--First Impressions--The Congregational Minister--A Welsh Service
LETTER XVI.
Stay at Cincinnati (continued)--Close of the Welsh Service--The Governor of Ohio and his Relatives--The "Black Laws"--Governor Bebb's Hostility to them--Dr. Weed and American Versatility--Private Lodgings--Introduction to Dr. Beecher and others--A Peep at a Democratic Meeting
LETTER XVII.
Stay at Cincinnati (continued)--The Democratic Meeting--A Visit to Lane Seminary--"Public Declamation"--Poem on War--Essay on Education
LETTER XVIII.
Visit to Lane Seminary (continued)--Dr. Beecher and his Gun--The College Library--Dr. Stowe and his Hebrew Class--History of Lane Seminary--Qualifications for Admission--The Curriculum--Manual Labour--Expenses of Education--Results--Equality of Professors and Students
LETTER XIX.
A Sabbath at Cincinnati--The Second Presbyterian Church--Mutilation of a Popular Hymn--The Rushing Habit--A wrong "Guess"--A German Sunday-School--Visit to a Church of Coloured People--Engagement at the Welsh "Church"--Monthly Concert--The Medical College of Ohio--Tea at the House of a Coloured Minister
LETTER XX.
Stay at Cincinnati (continued)--The New Roman Catholic Cathedral--The Rev. C.B. Boynton and Congregationalism--"The Herald of a New Era"--American Nationality
LETTER XXI.
Stay at Cincinnati (continued)--The Orphan Asylum--A Coloured Man and a White Fop treated as each deserved--A Trip across to Covington--Mr. Gilmore and the School for Coloured Children--"The Fugitive Slave to the Christian"--Sabbath--Mr. Boynton--Dr. Beecher--Lane Seminary --Departure from Cincinnati
LETTER XXII.
Cincinnati--Its History and Progress--Its Trade and Commerce--Its Periodical Press--Its Church Accommodation--Its Future Prospects --Steaming up the Ohio--Contrast between Freedom and Slavery--An Indian Mound--Splendid Scenery--Coal Hills
LETTER XXIII.
Arrival at Pittsburg--Its Trade and Prospects--Temperance-Newspapers --Trip up the Monongahela to Brownsville--Staging by Night across the Alleghany Mountains--Arrival at Cumberland--The Railway Carriages of America
LETTER XXIV.
Journey by Railroad from Cumberland to Baltimore--A Tedious Stoppage--A Sabbath in Baltimore--Fruitless Inquiry--A Presbyterian Church and Dr. Plummer--Richmond and its Resolutions--Dr. Plummer's Pro-slavery Manifesto--The Methodist Episcopal Church
LETTER XXV.
A Sabbath at Baltimore (continued)--A Coloured Congregation--The Thought of seeing Washington abandoned--Departure from Baltimore --Coloured Ladies in the Luggage-Van--American Railways--Chesapeak Bay--Susquehannah--State of Delaware, and Abolition of Slavery --Philadelphia--Albert Barnes--Stephen Girard's Extraordinary Will
LETTER XXVI.
Departure from Philadelphia--A Communicative Yankee--Trenton--The Mansion of Joseph Bonaparte--Scenes of Brainerd's Labours One Hundred Years ago--First Impressions of New York--150, Nassau-street--Private Lodgings--Literary Society--American Lodging houses--A Lecture on Astronomy--The "Negro Pew" in Dr. Patton's Church
LETTER XXVII.
A Presbyterian Church in New York, and its Pastor--The Abbotts and their Institution--Union Theological Seminary--Dr. Skinner's Church--New York University--A threatening "Necessity"--Prejudice against Colour--A Fact connected with Mr. ----'s Church--Another Fact in Pennsylvania--State of Public Opinion in New York--An Interview with Dr. Spring--A Missionary Meeting in Dr. Adams's Church
LETTER XXVIII
A Visit to Mount Vernon--Dr. Robinson--Welsh Deputation--Queen Anne and New York--The Sabbath--Preaching at Dr. L----'s--Afternoon Service at Mr. C----'s--Tea at Dr. L----'s--Evening Service at Mr. ----'s
LETTER XXIX.
The Rev. Theodore Sedgwick Wright--His Testimony against Caste--His Funeral--Drs Cox and Patton--The Service in the House--The Procession--The Church--The Funeral
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