Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments : $b comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this important subject
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Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments : $b comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this important subject
Scott, Dred, 1809-1858; Slavery -- Justification; Slavery -- United States; United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850)
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| Value of | Total Value | Value of
| Exports. | of Products | portion left
| | and Animals. | for home
| | | consumption.
-------------------|--------------|--------------------|----------------
Cattle, and their | | |
products, | $3,076,897 | Catt. $400,000,000 | $396,923,103
Horses and Mules, | 246,731 | 300,000,000 | 299,753,269
Sheep and Wool, | 44,375 | Sheep, 46,000,000 | 45,955,625
Hogs and their | | |
products, | 6,202,324 | Hogs, 160,000,000 | 153,797,676
Indian Corn and | | |
Meal, | 2,084,051 | Corn, 240,000,000 | 237,915,949
Wheat Flour and | | |
Biscuit, | 19,591,817 | Wheat, 100,000,000 | 80,408,183
Rye Meal, | 34,186 | Rye, 12,600,000 | 12,565,814
Other Grains, and | | |
Peas and Beans, | 165,824 | 54,144,874 | 53,979,050
Potatoes, | 152,569 | 42,400,00 | 42,247,431
Apples, | 107,283 |(1850) 7,723,326 | 7,616,043
Hay, averaged at | | |
$10 per ton, | |(1850) 138,385,790 | 138,385,790
Hemp, | 18,195 | 4,272,500 | 4,254,305
Sugar--Cane and | | |
maple, etc., | 427,216 |(1850) 36,900,000 | 36,472,784
Rice, | 1,657,658 | 8,750,000 | 7,092,342
|--------------|--------------------|----------------
Totals, | $33,809,126 | $ 1,551,176,490 |$1,517,367,364
|==============|====================|================
Cotton, | $109,456,404 | $128,000,000 | $18,543,596
Tobacco, and its | | |
products, | 11,319,319 | 19,900,000 | 8,580,681
|--------------|--------------------|----------------
Totals, | $120,775,723 | $147,900,000 | $27,124,277
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NOTE.--This table is left as it was in the first edition. As the census
tables supply a portion of its materials, a new statement cannot be made
until after 1860.
TABLE III.
TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE MORE PROMINENT ARTICLES OF
GROCERIES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1853;
SPECIFYING ALSO, THE RE-EXPORTS, AND THE
PROPORTIONS FROM SLAVE-LABOR COUNTRIES. See Report
on Commerce and Navigation.
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