PPT Slide
“On the left bank of the [Ohio] river the population is sparse; from time to time one sees a troop of slaves loitering through half-deserted fields; the primeval forest is constantly reappearing; one might say that society had gone to sleep…. But on the r
“On the left bank of the Ohio work is connected with the idea of slavery, but on the right with well-being and progress; on one side it is degrading but on the other honorable.” --Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835