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Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments

TABLE VIII.

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STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF THE EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, OF BREADSTUFFS AND PROVISIONS; THE AMOUNT AND VALUE OF COTTON EXPORTED, WITH THE AVERAGE COST, IN CENTS, PER POUND; AND THE AMOUNT OF TOBACCO EXPORTED, FROM 1821 TO 1859 INCLUSIVE: THE YEAR FROM 1821 TO 1842 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, AND FROM 1844 TO 1859 ENDING JUNE 30,—THE YEAR 1843 INCLUDING ONLY NINE MONTHS.

Years.Breadstuffs and Provisions.Cotton.Average Cost per lb. in cents.Tobacco Unmanufactured.

Pounds.Value.

1821$12,341,901124,893,405$20,157,48416.2$5,648,962

182213,886,856144,675,09524,035,05816.66,222,838

182313,767,847173,723,27020,445,52011.86,282,672

182415,059,484142,369,66321,947,40115.44,855,566

182511,634,449176,449,90736,846,64920.96,115,623

182611,303,496204,535,41525,025,21412.25,347,208

182711,685,556294,310,11529,359,545106,577,123

182811,461,144210,590,46322,487,22910.75,269,960

182913,131,858264,837,18626,575,311104,982,974

183012,075,430298,459,10229,674,8839.95,586,365

183117,538,227276,979,78425,289,4929.14,892,388

183212,424,703322,215,12231,724,6829.85,999,769

183314,209,128324,698,60436,191,10511.15,755,968

183411,524,024384,717,90749,448,40212.86,595,305

183512,009,399387,358,99264,961,30216.88,250,577

183610,614,130423,631,30771,284,92516.810,058,640

18379,588,359444,211,53763,240,10214.25,795,647

18389,636,650595,952,29761,566,81110.37,392,029

183914,147,779413,624,21261,238,98214.89,832,943

184019,067,535743,941,06163,870,3078.59,883,957

184117,196,102530,204,10054,330,34110.212,576,703

184216,902,876584,717,01747,593,4648.19,540,755

184311,204,123792,297,10649,119,8066.24,650,979

184417,970,135663,633,45554,063,5018.18,397,255

184516,743,421872,905,99651,739,6435.927,469,819

184627,701,121547,558,05542,767,3417.818,478,270

184768,701,921527,219,95853,415,84810.347,242,086

184837,472,751814,274,43161,998,2947.617,551,122

184938,155,5071,026,602,26966,396,9676.45,804,207

185026,051,373635,381,60471,984,61611.39,951,023

185121,948,651927,237,089112,315,31712.119,219,251

185225,857,0271,093,230,63987,965,7328.0510,031,283

185332,985,3221,111,570,370109,456,4049.8511,319,319

185465,941,323987,833,10693,596,2209.4710,016,046

185538,895,3481,008,424,60188,143,8448.7414,712,468

185677,187,3011,351,431,701128,382,3519.4912,221,843

185774,667,8521,048,282,475131,575,85912.5520,662,772

185850,683,2851,118,624,012131,386,66111.7017,009,767

1859 38,171,881 1,372,755,006 161,434,92311.75 21,074,038

$961,545,275$23,366,357,434$2,383,027,536 $339,274,520

Note. The articles exported which are not included above, are as follows, for 1859:—product of the sea, $4,462,974; product of the forest, $14,489,406; cotton piece goods, manufactured tobacco, spirits, seeds, hemp, and various other articles, $31,579,008. The value of the manufactured tobacco, exported in 1859, and included in the last item, was over $3,334,401, which, added to the $21,074,038, of unmanufactured included above, makes the total exports of tobacco for that year amount to $24,408,439.

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