| Description: | As the basis for future comparisons, in this work, the following
table is introduced, showing the area of the several States,
together with that of the two great sections, the North and the
South:
TABLE I.
Showing the Area of the Slave and the Free States.
SLAVE STATES.
Area in
Sq. Miles.
FREE STATES.
Area in
Sq. Miles.
Alabama
50,722
California
155,980
Arkansas
52,198
Connecticut
4,674
Delaware
2,120
Illinois
55,405
Florida
59,268
Indiana
33,809
Georgia
58,000
Iowa
50,914
Kentucky
37,680
Maine
31,766
Louisiana
41,255
Massachusetts
7,800
Maryland
11,124
Michigan
56,243
Mississippi
47,156
New Hampshire
9,280
Missouri
67,380
New York
47,000
North Carolina
50,704
New Jersey
8,320
South Carolina
29,385
Ohio
39,964
Tennessee
45,600
Pennsylvania
46,000
Texas
237,504
Rhode Island
1,306
Virginia
61,352
Vermont
10,212
Wisconsin
53,924
Total
851,448
Total
612,597 |