Wealth in the United States, 1870
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From The Statistics of the Population of the United States, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Ninth Census (1872).
- Date created
- 1872
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- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original image housed by Perry-Castañeda Map Collection, University of Texas-Austin
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- North Carolina in the New South: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot. (Page 2.2)
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