The Oligarchic South
--1860:
5.6 million whites
--1700
own around 100 slaves
--46,274
own around 20 slaves
--slave population was 3.84 million
--26,000 free blacks in the South
--36%
of families in South own
slaves in 1830
--25%
of families in South own
slaves in 1860
--between
1820 and 1860, around 2 million African Americans were either forcibly moved by
their owners or sold to others in the Gulf states region
--Traveling
the 1,460 miles from Baltimore to New Orleans in 1850 meant riding five
different railroads, two stage coaches, and two steamboats.
--In
1850, 20 percent of adult white southerners could not read or write, compared
to a national figure of 8 percent.
--According to economic historians Jeremy Atack and
Peter Passell, "After 1815 much of the nation's growth was
generated by increased British demand
for cotton and Midwestern settlement that created opportunities for regional specialization and trade."
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