22 Efforts to Abolish the Slave Trade in the United States

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION xi
4. PREFACE 3
5. TABLE OF CURRENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPARED WITH THOSE OF EUROPE 26
6. TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES 27
7. LETTERS FROM M. C LAVI ÈRE TO M. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE
8. I Plan for the Study of the Political, Civil, Military, and Legislative Systems of the Free Americans 29
9. II Nature of the Soil, Agricultural Products, Immigration, etc. 34
10. III Plan for a Colony to Be Established in America 37
11. IV [Sites for French Settlements] 43
12. V [Opportunities for Investments in Land] 45
13. VI The American Debt 48
14. PLAN OF INVESTIGATION TO BE FOLLOWED DURING MY TRAVELS IN AMERICA 52
15. LETTERS OF J . P. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE
16. 1 Le Havre 61
17. 2 The Commerce of Le Havre 68
18. 3 The Voyage to America 75
19. 4 Boston 84
20. 5 Journey from Boston to New York 107
21. 6 Journey from Boston to New York by Way of Providence 127
22. 7 New York 138
23. 8 Journey from New York to Philadelphia 152
24. 9 Journey to Burlington and Visit to Mr. Temple Franklin 160
25. 10 A Visit to a Quaker Farm 162
26. 11 A Visit from the Good Warner Mifflin 165
27. 12 A Quaker Funeral and a Quaker Meeting 168
28. 13 Visit to a Bettering House 173
29. 14 The Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane 179
30. 15 Benjamin Franklin 182
31. 16 An Invention for Navigating Against the Current–Thoughts on the Character of Americans and Englishmen 194
32. 17 The Agricultural Society and the Library 197
33. 18 The Market in Philadelphia and the Price of Foodstuffs 199
34. 19 The General Assembly of Pennsylvania and a Description of Farm Owned by a Frenchman 202
35. 20 A Journey by Two Frenchmen to the Ohio 212
36. 21 The School for Negroes in Philadelphia–American Authors Who Have Written in Defense of Negroes 217
37. 22 Efforts to Abolish the Slave Trade in the United States 222
38. 23 The Laws for the Emancipation of Slaves Enacted by the Various States 227
39. 24 The General Conditon of Negroes in the United States 232
40. 25 Maple Sugar as a Substitute for Cane Sugar 246
41. 26 A Plan to Transport American Negroes Back to Africa 250
42. 27 Philadelphia 253
43. 28 Farming Life and the Settlement of the Frontier in Pennsylvania 264
44. 29 Climate and Disease in Pennsylvania 274
45. 30 Common Diseases in the United States 279
46. 31 Life Expectancy in the United States 283
47. 32 The Philadelphia Prison 295
48. 33 Quakers and Their Customs 298
49. 34 Attacks Upon Quakers by Various Writers 309
50. 35 The Growth of the Society of Friends–Their Religious Principles and System of Discipline 319
51. 36 Quaker Political Principles 327
52. 37 Journey to Mount Vernon 336
53. 38 Observations on Maryland and Virginia 346
54. 39 Virginia Tobacco and Tobacco Notes 350
55. 40 The Shenandoah Valley 356
56. 41 Journey from Boston to Portsmouth 362
57. 42 The American Debt 371
58. 43 American Imports 389
59. 44 American Exports 398
60. 45 The East Indies Trade–American Foreign Trade in General 404
61. 46 The New Empire of the West 413
62. INDEX 427
63. Backmatter 451