Thoughts on “ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS, AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS ORIGIN IN RELATION TO THEIR FUTURE CONDITION”

   In this excerpt Tocqueville makes the distinction between the populations that settled the North, and those that settled the South of the United States. The southern colonies such as Virginia were populated by prospectors from the lower classes of society… Read moreThoughts on “ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS, AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS ORIGIN IN RELATION TO THEIR FUTURE CONDITION”

Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America excerpts (The Present and Probably Future Condition of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States-Post Response

In Alexis de Tocqueville’s piece on the three races of early American society he describes his view points on democracy.  The buying and selling of slaves in Southern America defiantly helped with the South’s economy as it was primarily driven… Read moreAlexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America excerpts (The Present and Probably Future Condition of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States-Post Response