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Name: Comparison of products, population, and resources of the free and slave states

Barcode: 54226

Image Number: 54226.0001

Brief Description: Broadside is a bar graph comparing the cultural, economic, material and human resources of the free and slave states. Issued shortly after the battle of Fort Sumter, it conveys that the resources of the free states such as exports, imports, militia, newspapers and railroads outstrip those of the slave states. Peter Hart, the illustrator is shown replacing the flagstaff and flag over Fort Sumter.

Author: Batchelder, John Montgomery

Date/Date Range: 1861

Language: English

Dimensions: 55 x 36 cm

Historical Context: Published shortly after the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Notes: OCLC # 30552540Call # E173.B76 John Montgomery Batchelder held the copyright for the broadside.

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