First presidential election Washington proclaimed November 26 as a day of Thanksgiving in order to encourage national unity "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God to obey His will to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor." He spent that day fasting and visiting debtors in prison to provide them with food and beer. Sunderland United Kingdom (2006 renewed 2012) Support services South Branch Potomac River The French writer and traveler Alexis de Tocqueville in his influential Democracy in America (1835) expressed opposition to slavery while observing its effects on American society He felt that a multiracial society without slavery was untenable as he believed that prejudice against blacks increased as they were granted more rights (for example in northern states) He believed that the attitudes of white Southerners and the concentration of the black population in the South were bringing the white and black populations to a state of equilibrium and were a danger to both races Because of the racial differences between master and slave he believed that the latter could not be emancipated. . .
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