Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom: American Slavery Through Foreigner's Eyes

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator widely considered the father of American landscape architecture. Although he is most renowned for designing many well-known urban parks, including New York City's Central Park and the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Olmsted's literary contributions ar...