For #InternationalLiteracyDay, I will recommend some fascinating travel accounts written by people observing the South either during the era of slavery or in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. You may be surprised at how interesting some of them are.
1. Andrews, Sidney. The South Since the War, as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas.
2. De Forest, John William. A Union Officer in the Reconstruction.
3. Dennett, John Richard. The South As It Is, 1865-1866.
2. De Forest, John William. A Union Officer in the Reconstruction.
3. Dennett, John Richard. The South As It Is, 1865-1866.
4. Olmstead, Frederick Law. The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853-1861. (also split into two parts and sold separately)
5. Reid, Whitelaw. After the War: A Tour of the Southern States, 1865-66.
5. Reid, Whitelaw. After the War: A Tour of the Southern States, 1865-66.
6. Trowbridge, J. T. The South: A Tour of its Battlefields and Ruined Cities, A Journey through the Desolated States, and Talks with the People.
7. Somers, Robert. The Southern States since the War, 1870-71.
7. Somers, Robert. The Southern States since the War, 1870-71.
These accounts were by outsiders--Northerners or foreigners. Almost all are available inexpensively via reprints or even through download.
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