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 Slaveproperty 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 freepopulation is more than two to one of the Slaves, but is yet hampered withslavery.
The data for this map are mainly derived from the United States Census of 1850.
Fred. Law Olmsted.
D. McLellen Lith. 26 Spruce St. N.Y.New York—Mason Brothers.

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