Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Geographical, Statistical and Ethical View: Of the American Slaveholders Rebellion
Who are the rebels, and where do they live? We all know that the great slaveholders in the states east of the Mississippi River, are the life and soul of the' rebellion. Now these great slaveholders are not, as is commonly imagined, spread almost equally over the Whole territory of the States in which they reside, but are confined to a narrow strip of country, extending, in the shape of a horseshoe, along the coast of the At lantic on the east, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and the eastern banks of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, on the west. This horseshoe-shaped country is scarcely anywhere more than 200 miles wide, while the line of its outer border, which also passes through or near al most every one of its principal cities, viz. Alexandria, Richmond, and Norfolk, in Virginia; Newbern and Wilmington, in North Carolina; Charleston, in South Carolina; Savannah, in Georgia; Pensacola, in Florida; Mobile, in Alabama; New Orleans, in Louisiana; Natchez and Vicksburg, in Mississippi; Memphis and Nashville, in Tennessee; and Columbus and Louisville, in Kentucky, is nearly miles long.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
