Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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Examines the economy and it's impact of slavery on the coast land slave states pre-Civil War.

Includes the annual report of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation (called 1927-1933, United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation).