The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

Name: The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It
Author: Helper, Hinton Rowan

Helper, Hinton Rowan

Slavery -- United States

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         States.      |   Wheat,   |    Oats,    |Indian Corn,
                      |   bushels. |  bushels.   |  bushels.
  --------------------|------------|-------------|------------
  Alabama             |    294,044 |  2,965,696  |  28,754,048
  Arkansas            |    199,639 |    656,183  |   8,893,939
  Delaware            |    482,511 |    604,518  |   3,145,542
  Florida             |      1,027 |     66,586  |   1,996,809
  Georgia             |  1,088,534 |  3,820,044  |  30,080,099
  Kentucky            |  2,142,822 |  8,201,311  |  58,672,591
  Louisiana           |        417 |     89,637  |  10,266,373
  Maryland            |  4,494,680 |  2,242,151  |  10,749,858
  Mississippi         |    137,990 |  1,503,288  |  22,446,552
  Missouri            |  2,981,652 |  5,278,079  |  36,214,537
  North Carolina      |  2,130,102 |  4,052,078  |  27,941,051
  South Carolina      |  1,066,277 |  2,322,155  |  16,271,454
  Tennessee           |  1,619,386 |  7,703,086  |  52,276,223
  Texas               |     41,729 |    199,017  |   6,028,876
  Virginia            | 11,212,616 | 10,179,144  |  35,254,319
                      |------------|-------------|------------
                      | 27,904,476 | 49,882,979  | 348,992,282

TABLE NO. III.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF THE FREE STATES--1850.

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       States.      | Potatoes, (I. |    Rye,    |   Barley,
                    |  & S.) bush.  |  bushels.  |  bushels.
  ------------------|---------------|------------|------------
  California        |      10,292   |            |      9,712
  Connecticut       |   2,689,805   |    600,893 |     19,099
  Illinois          |   2,672,294   |     83,364 |    110,795
  Indiana           |   2,285,048   |     78,792 |     45,483
  Iowa              |   282,363     |     19,916 |     25,093
  Maine             |   3,436,040   |    102,916 |    151,731
  Massachusetts     |   3,585,384   |    481,021 |    112,385
  Michigan          |   2,361,074   |    105,871 |     75,249
  New Hampshire     |   4,307,919   |    183,117 |     70,256
  New Jersey        |   3,715,251   |  1,255,578 |      6,492
  New York          |  15,403,997   |  4,148,182 |  3,585,059
  Ohio              |   5,245,760   |    425,918 |    354,358
  Pennsylvania      |   6,032,904   |  4,805,160 |    165,584
  Rhode Island      |     651,029   |     26,409 |     18,875
  Vermont           |   4,951,014   |    176,233 |     42,150
  Wisconsin         |   1,402,956   |     81,253 |    209,692
                    |---------------|------------|------------
                    | 59,033,170    | 12,575,623 |   5,002,013
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TABLE NO. IV.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF THE SLAVE STATES--1850.

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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

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