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Southern Agricultural Households in the United States, 1880

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Principal Investigator(s): Sutch, Richard; Ransom, Roger

Summary: This data collection describes the organization of agriculture and the operation of the Southern economy following the Civil War, with emphasis on the relationship between race and tenure status of farm operators. Economic and agricultural data were compiled from the 1880 Census of Agriculture. Information provided includes the location of the farm (region, state, county, and enumeration district), tenure of the farm operator, number of acres in tillage, meadows, woodland, and other uses, type o... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09430.v1

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