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James Silk Buckingham
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) published this two-volume work in 1829; the 1830 reprint is reissued here. It traces his journey from Baghdad to the Persian…
Title: The Slave States of America. [With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest…
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Title: Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul; with researches on the ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and…
Faithfully And Frankly Narrated, Interspersed With Characteristic Sketches Of Public Men, With Whom He Has Had Intercourse, During A Period Of More Than Fifty Years.
The Slave States of America Volume 1 is a historical book written by James Silk Buckingham in 1842. The book provides a detailed account of the slave trade and the…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
In 1839 the British writer James Silk Buckingham travelled through the southern USA to investigate the practice of slavery. This two-volume work, published in 1842, describes his findings within the…
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James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), traveller and writer, left for North America in 1837 and spent nearly four years there. He visited every state except Florida and Arkansas, recounting his experiences…
James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), traveller and writer, left for North America in 1837 and spent nearly four years there. He visited almost every state of the Union, recounting his experiences…
James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) was a Cornish-born traveller, writer and member of Parliament. In this work, published in 1849, he proposes a number of economic and political reforms and describes…
The author James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) published the Calcutta Journal until his expulsion in 1823 for his criticisms of the East India Company. Originally published between 1824 and 1853, these…
In 1839 the British writer and reformer James Silk Buckingham travelled to Canada to investigate its social and economic landscape. In this revealing study, first published in 1843, he describes…
James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) was a writer who travelled extensively and published accounts of his adventures in places such as India, Persia, Egypt, and Palestine. He served as an M.P…
Buckingham (1786-1855) was a Cornish-born traveller, writer and Member of Parliament. In Volume 1, first published in 1827, he traces in great detail his journey through Mesopotamia, the present Iraq…
Buckingham (1786-1855) was a Cornish-born traveller and writer. In this work, first published in 1827, the author gives an elaborate account of his travels in Mesopotamia, the present Iraq. In…
In this 1821 work, Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) describes his journey from Egypt by sea to Syria and then to Palestine. Though he visited many…
In this work, Buckingham proposes an alternative to the existing income tax system, coupled with a plan for free trade and redemption of the national debt. He proposes a sliding…
And The Banishment, Without Trial, Of Two British Editors From That Country, By The Acting Governor General, Mr. Adam.
And Some Observations On The Education And Employment Of The People, On Systematic Colonization, And On The Welfare Of The Laboring Classes.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
With Statistical And Documentary Evidence Of Its Beneficial Results, And A Plea For A Maine Law, To Enforce The Suppression Of All Traffic In Intoxicating Drinks.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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