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During the antebellum period, cotton was considered “king“ in the South, as it was the region’s predominant cash crop. Cotton cultivation began in coastal South Carolina, but with the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, spread rapidly as far west as Texas. Requiring fertile soil and an extensive growing season, there was a northern geographic limit to cotton cultivation. This boundary is suggested by the “mean summer temperature“ line on this detailed statistical map delineating the major areas of cotton production. Published by Brookline resident Edward Atkinson, this map was one of many documents about cotton that he authored. An executive officer for a number of Boston area textile factories, Atkinson was also an ardent abolitionist and wrote numerous tracts advocating cotton cultivation with free labor.
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Document identity
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3t947b78d
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The cotton kingdom
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
3t947b78d
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The cotton kingdom
description
During the antebellum period, cotton was considered “king“ in the South, as it was the region’s predominant cash crop. Cotton cultivation began in coastal South Carolina, but with the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, spread rapidly as far west as Texas. Requiring fertile soil and an extensive growing season, there was a northern geographic limit to cotton cultivation. This boundary is suggested by the “mean summer temperature“ line on this detailed statistical map delineating the major areas of cotton production. Published by Brookline resident Edward Atkinson, this map was one of many documents about cotton that he authored. An executive officer for a number of Boston area textile factories, Atkinson was also an ardent abolitionist and wrote numerous tracts advocating cotton cultivation with free labor.
date
["[1863]"]
year
1863
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006560
creators
Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Cotton trade--Southern States
Slavery--Southern States
Southern States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Southern United States
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
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largeImageUrl
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1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston, Mass
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
extent
1 sheet ; 53 x 42 cm.
notes
Includes map and statistics relating to crops, temperature, population, etc.
"Boston, Mass[.] March, 1863. Compiled by Edward Atkinson."
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no
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3t947b78d
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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