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Census Data for 1850 and 1860 and the Defeat of the South
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This chapter discusses how census data for 1850 and 1860 contributed to the military defeat of the South in the Civil War. For instance, the main innovation of the 1860 census was the cartographic presentation of the data. The agents of the Census Office reported the results of the 1860 census on existing maps of southern postal routes, county by county. Thus, northern generals gained access to data on cultivated acres, the numbers of horses and mules, and the quantities of wheat, corn, oats, or other crops, as well as on the numbers of whites, free blacks, and slaves in each county. The data of the 1850 and 1860 censuses on slaves and free blacks also played a central role in the polemics between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
Title: Census Data for 1850 and 1860 and the Defeat of the South
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This chapter discusses how census data for 1850 and 1860 contributed to the military defeat of the South in the Civil War.
For instance, the main innovation of the 1860 census was the cartographic presentation of the data.
The agents of the Census Office reported the results of the 1860 census on existing maps of southern postal routes, county by county.
Thus, northern generals gained access to data on cultivated acres, the numbers of horses and mules, and the quantities of wheat, corn, oats, or other crops, as well as on the numbers of whites, free blacks, and slaves in each county.
The data of the 1850 and 1860 censuses on slaves and free blacks also played a central role in the polemics between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
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