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)
1844 | 17,970,135| 663,633,455| 54,063,501| 8.1 | 8,397,255
1845 | 16,743,421| 872,905,996| 51,739,643| 5.92 | 7,469,819
1846 | 27,701,121| 547,558,055| 42,767,341| 7.81 | 8,478,270
1847 | 68,701,921| 527,219,958| 53,415,848| 10.34 | 7,242,086
1848 | 37,472,751| 814,274,431| 61,998,294| 7.61 | 7,551,122
1849 | 38,155,507| 1,026,602,269| 66,396,967| 6.4 | 5,804,207
1850 | 26,051,373| 635,381,604| 71,984,616| 11.3 | 9,951,023
1851 | 21,948,651| 927,237,089| 112,315,317| 12.11 | 9,219,251
1852 | 25,857,027| 1,093,230,639| 87,965,732| 8.05 | 10,031,283
1853 | 32,985,322| 1,111,570,370| 109,456,404| 9.85 | 11,319,319
1854 | 65,941,323| 987,833,106| 93,596,220| 9.47 | 10,016,046
1855 | 38,895,348| 1,008,424,601| 88,143,844| 8.74 | 14,712,468
1856 | 77,187,301| 1,351,431,701| 128,382,351| 9.49 | 12,221,843
1857 | 74,667,852| 1,048,282,475| 131,575,859| 12.55 | 20,662,772
1858 | 50,683,285| 1,118,624,012| 131,386,661| 11.70 | 17,009,767
1859 | 38,171,881| 1,372,755,006| 161,434,923| 11.75 | 21,074,038
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|$961,545,275|$23,366,357,434|$2,383,027,536| |$339,274,520
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NOTE. The articles exported which are not included above, are as
follows, for 1859:--product of the sea, $4,462,974; product of the
forest, $14,489,406; cotton piece goods, manufactured tobacco, spirits,
seeds, hemp, and various other articles, $31,579,008. The value of the
manufactured tobacco, exported in 1859, and included in the last item,
was over $3,334,401, which, added to the $21,074,038, of unmanufactured
included above, makes the total exports of tobacco for that year amount
to $24,408,439.
TABLE IX.
STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF FOREIGN GOODS
IMPORTED AND TAKEN FOR CONSUMPTION, IN THE UNITED
STATES; THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE OF THE
UNITED STATES EXPORTED, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIE; THE
VALUE OF SPECIE AND BULLION IMPORTED, AND THE
VALUE OF SPECIE AND BULLION EXPORTED, FROM 1821 TO
1859 INCLUSIVE: THE YEAR FROM 1821 TO 1842 ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, AND FROM 1844 TO 1859 ENDING JUNE
30,--THE YEAR 1843 INCLUDING ONLY NINE MONTHS.
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