A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4
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A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4 is a mid-19th-century travel narrative by landscape architect and writer Frederick Law Olmsted, documenting his observations of the American South and its social conditions shortly before the Civil War.
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| instanceOf |
19th-century American literature
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non-fiction book → travel narrative → |
| author |
Frederick Law Olmsted
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| contributor |
Frederick Law Olmsted
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| depicts |
conditions of enslaved people
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plantation life → rural Southern society → |
| describes |
daily life in backcountry regions
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economic structure of the slave South → race relations in the antebellum South → |
| field |
American history
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Southern studies → cultural geography → |
| genre |
social commentary
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travel writing → |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
journalist
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landscape architect → social critic → |
| historicalContext |
period shortly before the American Civil War
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| language |
English
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| literaryPeriod |
mid-19th century
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| mainSubject |
American South
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antebellum social conditions → slavery in the United States → |
| perspective |
Northern observer
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| relatedWork |
A Journey Through Texas
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States → |
| setting |
Southern United States
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| timeOfNarrative |
winter 1853–1854
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| usedAsSourceFor |
historical research on the antebellum South
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studies of slavery in the United States → |
Referenced by (2)
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
("A Journey in the Back Country")
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Frederick Law Olmsted
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wrote |