The Differences Slavery Made: A Close Analysis of Two American Communities

Percentage Increase in Total Population, 1860

U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864

Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Percentage Increase in Total Population, 1860

Points of Analysis to this Data:

"The visible differences that slavery made in the arrangement of the landscape were apparent to many observers, but Northerners and Southerners interpreted them differently. Northerners focused on land value per acre and Southerners on the dollar value of their crops."


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