A Colored Man Round the World (1858)

"A Colored Man Round the World" was written by the former slave David F. Dorr, and published in 1858; it is a unique travel narrative of Dorr when he accompanied the Louisiana plantation owner Cornelius Fellowes on a visit of the world's major cities. The planter had promised that when they returned to America, Dorr would be freed from slavery. However, when the slave owner did not keep his promise, Dorr escaped to Ohio where he wrote this book of his travels.

The authors narrative is noteworthy because of its unique perspective on the 1850s from the point of view of an American slave and also for the interesting sidelights it casts on European, Middle Eastern, and American history, including racial and national identity issues.

CONTENTS
DEBUT IN A FOREIGN LAND
LONDON
THE QUEEN IN HYDE PARK
I AM GOING TO PARIS
FIRST DAT IN PARIS
FIRST NIGHT IN PARIS
I MUST ROVE AWAY FROM PARIS
SPICY TOWNS OF GERMANY
DOWN AMONG THE DUTCH
COL. FELLOWES LEARNING DUTCH
ON! ON I TO WATERLOO
THE BIAS OF MY TOUR
COUP D'ETAT OF NAPOLEON III
THE SECRETS OF A PARIS LIFE AND WHO KNOWS THEM
ROME AND ST. PETER'S CHURCH
NAPLES AND ITS CRAFT
ST. JANUARIUS AND HIS BLOOD
CONSTANTINOPLE
THE DOGS PROVOKE ME, AND THE WOMEN ARE VEILED
A COLORED MAN FROM TENNESSEE SHAKING HANDS WITH THE
SULTAN, AND MEN PUTTING WOMEN IN THE BATH AND
TAKING THEM OUT
GOING TO ATHENS WITH A PRIMA DONNA
ATHENS A SEPULCHRE
BEAUTIFUL VENICE
VERONA AND BOLOGNA
FIRENZA DE BELLA CITA
BACK TO PARIS
EGYPT AND THE NILE
EGYPTIAN KINGS OF OLDEN TIME
TRAVELING ON THE NILE 800 MILES
THEBES AND BACK TO CAIRO
CAMELS—THROUGH THE DESERT
JURUSALEM, JERICHO AND DAMASCUS
CONCLUSION

Originally published in 1858; reformatted for the Kindle; may contain an occasional imperfection; original spellings have been kept in place.