CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
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SOUTH-WESTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN TEXAS	[1]
CHAPTER II.
A TRIP INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI	[55]
CHAPTER III.
THE INTERIOR COTTON DISTRICTS—CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, ETC.	[84]
CHAPTER IV.
THE EXCEPTIONAL LARGE PLANTERS	[143]
CHAPTER V.
SLAVERY IN ITS PROPERTY ASPECT.—MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF THE SLAVES, ETC.	[184]
CHAPTER VI.
SLAVERY AS A POOR LAW SYSTEM	[236]
CHAPTER VII.
COTTON SUPPLY AND WHITE LABOUR IN THE COTTON CLIMATE	[252]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE CONDITION AND CHARACTER OF THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES OF THE SOUTH	[272]
CHAPTER IX.
THE DANGER OF THE SOUTH	[338]
APPENDIX (A.)
THE CONDITION OF VIRGINIA.—STATISTICS	[364]
APPENDIX (B.)
THE SLAVE TRADE IN VIRGINIA	[372]
APPENDIX (C.)
COST OF LABOUR IN THE BORDER STATES	[380]
APPENDIX (D.)
STATISTICS OF THE GEORGIA SEABOARD	[385]
INDEX TO THE WORK	[393]