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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YEARS. | FOREIGN. | DOMESTIC. | TOTAL.
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1850. | Gals. 24,806,949 | Gals. 12,202,300 | Gals. 37,019,249
1851. | 33,238,278 | 10,709,740 | 43,948,018
1852. | 29,417,511 | 18,840,000 | 48,258,511
1853. | 28,576,821 | 26,930,000 | 55,536,821
1854. | 24,437,019 | 32,053,000 | 56,493,019
1855. | 23,533,423 | 24,251,207 | 47,266,085
1856. | 23,014,878 | 16,584,000 | 39,608,878
1857. | 23,266,404 | 5,242,380 | 28,508,784
1858. | 24,795,374 | 20,373,790 | 45,169,164
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NOTE. The above table is taken from the _Shipping and Commercial List,
and New York Price Current_, January 22, 1859. The sources of supply are
the same as when the first edition went to press, and the proportions
from slave labor and free labor countries respectively, has undergone
very little change. The year ends December 31st, while the Congressional
fiscal year ends June 30th.
The value of imports of Sugar, for the year ending June 30, 1858, from a
few principal countries, stood thus: Cuba, $15,555,409; Porto Rico,
$3,584,503; British West Indies, $386,546; British Guiana, $255,481;
British Honduras, $26; Hayti, $851; San Domingo, $5,529.
TABLE XI.
COTTON IMPORTED INTO GREAT BRITAIN FROM VARIOUS
COUNTRIES, QUANTITY RE-EXPORTED, AND STOCK ON HAND
DECEMBER 31, FOR A SERIES OF YEARS, IN POUNDS. BY
DEDUCTING THE EXPORTS AND THE STOCK ON HAND AT THE
END OF EACH YEAR FROM THE WHOLE IMPORTS, THE
REMAINDER IS THE QUANTITY TAKEN FOR CONSUMPTION.
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