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Tocqueville democracy in america5/13/2023 Tocqueville’s sojourn in America did lead to the writing of a book on the American penal system, but its much more important result was the reflection on equality and freedom known as Democracy in America. Throughout, he spoke to Americans of every rank and profession, including two presidents and Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. He visited the bustling Eastern cities, explored the wilderness on the northwestern frontier, and had several adventures on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. He spent nine months criss-crossing the young country, traveling mostly by steamboat, but also sometimes on horseback and by foot. Alexis de Tocqueville’s official purpose was to study the American penal system, but his real interest was America herself. In 1831 an ambitious and unusually perceptive twenty-five-year-old French aristocrat visited the United States.
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