The Southern Black Belt, in The American His- 

 torical Review, Vol. XI, pp. 257 and follow- 

 ing, pp. 798 and following. 



The Economics of the Plantation, in The South 

 Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. II, pp. 231 and fol- 

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The Plantation as a Civilising Factor, in The 

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18. Rhodes, J. F History of the United States, 



1850-1877, Vol. I, Chapter IV. 



19. Smedes, Susan D. A Southern Planter. A re- 



view of social life in the Old South (1887). 



20. Stone, A. H. Some Problems in Southern Eco- 



nomic History, in The American Historical 

 Review, Vol. XIII, No. 4, July, 1908, pp. 

 779-797. Exceedingly valuable study of 

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21. Von Hoist, H. Constitutional History of the 



United States, Vol. Ill, Chapter XVII. 



22. The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil. An Agri- 



cultural Journal published in Philadelphia 

 from 1848 to 1857 (nine volumes). Continued 

 under the name of the Farmers' Magazine, 

 from July, 1857. Valuable for a study of 

 northern and southern agriculture in the fifties. 



23. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Vol- 



ume on Agriculture published in 1864. Intro- 

 duction, pp. viii-cxxix. Exceedingly valuable 

 for the following: Agricultural Implements, 

 pp. viii-x ; Cereals (wheat, corn, oats, rye, bar- 

 ley and buckwheat), pp. xi-lxxiv; minor crops 

 (peas and beans, Irish potatoes, sweet pota- 

 toes), pp. Ixxiv-lxxxii ; Dairy products, pp. 

 Ixxxii-lxxxvi ; Wool, pp. Ixxxvi-lxxxix ; Flax, 

 pp. Ixxxix-xciii ; Cotton, pp. xciii, xciv; Rice, 

 pp. xciv, xcv ; 'Hops, xcv, xcvi ; Tobacco, pp. 

 xcvi-xcviii; Cane sugar, Maple sugar, Sorg- 

 hum molasses and Honey, pp. xcix-ci; Beet 

 sugar, pp. ci-cviii; Live stock (horses, and 

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