Mary or slavery in the United States

Author: (French) Bonamie, translated by Pei Yaqin
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Publishing Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book is a work written by Bonamie and his close friend Tocqueville after their joint journey through the United States from May 11, 1831, to February 20, 1832. Unlike Tocqueville, who chose to focus on the democratic system of the United States, Bonamie's work primarily examines the lifestyles and customs of Americans, as well as the contradictions between democracy and race. Although presented to readers in the form of a love story, it is in fact a highly profound sociological monograph. It depicts the tragic lives of African Americans, portrays the real background of the economic development of slavery plantations in 19th-century America, and provides invaluable reference materials for understanding the debates and issues surrounding the social and political environment of Jacksonian America. More importantly, it delves deeply into the fate of freed slaves, colored people, those not recognized as citizens, and men and women who legally possess citizenship but, for various reasons, do not enjoy equal status with others in a society where everyone is theoretically equal. This is an eternal tragic theme. In this book, Bonamie, with the theme of racial persecution, reveals the tendency of the tyranny of the majority.