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Thursday, November 25, 2010

The Price of Cotton in 1808

The price of cotton was 29 cents per pound. West India Rum was 1.20, 3 proof. Sugarcwas 14 cents a pound and molasses .68.

Left: An 1891 scene of taking cotton to the warehouse in Marietta, Georgia.

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