Description
Harriet Martineau traveled to the United States in the mid-1800s and wrote a book about her experiences. In this book, she covers topics such as slavery, women's place in society, and the famous people she met.
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.