The American Crisis ConsideredLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 296 páginas |
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... crops , and higher prices for it , operates against the political extension of the section , since it tends powerfully to concentrate the population . We ⚫ shall show , under the head of cotton culture POLITICAL STRUGGLES . 45.
... crops , and higher prices for it , operates against the political extension of the section , since it tends powerfully to concentrate the population . We ⚫ shall show , under the head of cotton culture POLITICAL STRUGGLES . 45.
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... crop , and also to its value . Although the crop doubled from 1830 to 1840 , under the spur of the speculation of those years , it remained nearly stationary in the ten years up to 1850 , since then it has again doubled 46 VALUE OF SLAVES .
... crop , and also to its value . Although the crop doubled from 1830 to 1840 , under the spur of the speculation of those years , it remained nearly stationary in the ten years up to 1850 , since then it has again doubled 46 VALUE OF SLAVES .
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... crop of 1859 , the largest yet made , was 4,500,000 bales , which at the average product required only 9,000,000 acres . It has been esti- mated that one half the area of the States named , is suited to the cultivation of cotton ; but ...
... crop of 1859 , the largest yet made , was 4,500,000 bales , which at the average product required only 9,000,000 acres . It has been esti- mated that one half the area of the States named , is suited to the cultivation of cotton ; but ...
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Charles Lempriere. part of the crop which the cotton States could pro- duce . If the consumption were to reach that of Great Britain , it would require 21,600,000 bales , or a little more than one - fourth of the capital for production ...
Charles Lempriere. part of the crop which the cotton States could pro- duce . If the consumption were to reach that of Great Britain , it would require 21,600,000 bales , or a little more than one - fourth of the capital for production ...
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... crop fall short in quantity , whether from severe frosts , disease of the plant , or other possible causes , our mills would be stopped for want of cotton , employers would be ruined , and famine would stalk abroad among the hundreds ...
... crop fall short in quantity , whether from severe frosts , disease of the plant , or other possible causes , our mills would be stopped for want of cotton , employers would be ruined , and famine would stalk abroad among the hundreds ...
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