<p>Ebenezer Davies's 'American Scenes, and Christian Slavery' stands as a poignant chronicler's journey across a nation grappling with the antithetical coexistence of the burgeoning American spirit and the harrowing institution of slavery. As Davies takes us on a 4,000-mile tour of the United States, the book reveals a vivid tableau of 19th-century America, where literary style meets travelogue to thoughtfully interrogate the social fabric of a c...