MR. OLMSTED’S WORKS ON THE SLAVE STATES.

Seaboard Slave States. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on their Economy. 1 vol., 12mo. pp. 724. Price, $1.25.

Texas Journey. A Journey through Texas: or, a Saddle Trip on the Southwestern Frontier; with a Statistical Appendix. 1 vol., 12mo. pp. 516. Price, $1.25.

Journey in the Back Country. A Journey in the Back Country; with a complete Index to the three volumes. 1 vol., 12mo. pp. 492. Price, $1.25.

The Cotton Kingdom. A Traveller’s observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States. Based upon three former volumes of Journeys and Investigations by the same author. 2 vols., 12mo. pp. 384 and 408. With a Colored Statistical Map of the Cotton Kingdom and its Dependencies, mainly derived from the United States Census. Price, $2.00.

This work was, by request, prepared by its author with especial reference to English readers, and is simultaneously published in England and in this country.

A MAP OF THE COTTON KINGDOM and its Dependencies IN AMERICA. Dominant Cotton Districts. (producing two Bales or more to each Slave) Blue Subordinate Cotton Districts. (producing less than two Bales) Yellow Subsidiary Slave Districts. (producing no Cotton or less than half a Bale) Red Full horizontal lines indicate in which there is a strong Slave property interest, there being more Slaves than Freemen here resident. Dotted horizontal lines shew a moderate Slave property interest. In all the colored space not covered by horizontal lines, the resident free population is more than two to one of the Slaves, but is yet hampered with slavery. The data for this map are mainly derived from the United States Census of 1850. Fred. Law Olmsted. D. M^cLellen Lith. 26 Spruce S^t. N.Y. New York—Mason Brothers. See larger image

THE

COTTON KINGDOM:

A TRAVELLER’S OBSERVATIONS ON COTTON AND SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAN SLAVE STATES.

BASED UPON THREE FORMER VOLUMES OF JOURNEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

BY

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED.

IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. 1.

NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY MASON BROTHERS, 5 and 7 MERCER STREET. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO., 47 LUDGATE HILL. 1861.

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by MASON BROTHERS, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

PRINTED BY C. A. Alvord, 15 Vandewater-st.

DEDICATION.

TO

JOHN STUART MILL, ESQ.

Sir,

I beg you to accept the dedication of this book as an indication of the honour in which your services in the cause of moral and political freedom are held in America, and as a grateful acknowledgment of the personal obligations to them on the part of

Your obedient servant, THE AUTHOR.