My travel journal records my four-day journey back in time to the late 18th and 19th century in the South of America. These were turbulent times, when slavery was widely adopted and economically significant, throughout the American colonies.
Travel Itinerary
Day 1
Jamestown - Boarding a slave ship from the late 18th century
Charlestown - Attending a late 18th century slave market
Day 2
South Carolina - Visiting a late 18th and early 19th century cotton plantation, with a slave’s account of the conditions
Day 3
Virginia - Observations of the unique working environment of field and house slaves, including typical punishments given
- Attending an 1831 slave revolt, inspired by Nat Turner, with far-reaching consequences
Day 4
Maryland - Meeting Harriet Tubman, who became famous during the 1850s as she guided escaped slaves to safety on the Underground Railway
- An encounter with Frederick Douglass, one of the most significant historical figures in American slavery
Jamestown - Boarding a slave ship from the late 18th century
Charlestown - Attending a late 18th century slave market
Day 2
South Carolina - Visiting a late 18th and early 19th century cotton plantation, with a slave’s account of the conditions
Day 3
Virginia - Observations of the unique working environment of field and house slaves, including typical punishments given
- Attending an 1831 slave revolt, inspired by Nat Turner, with far-reaching consequences
Day 4
Maryland - Meeting Harriet Tubman, who became famous during the 1850s as she guided escaped slaves to safety on the Underground Railway
- An encounter with Frederick Douglass, one of the most significant historical figures in American slavery