Appendix I

PRODUCTION OF COTTON IN ALABAMA. 1860-1900

(a) Typical black counties with boundaries unchanged. (b) Typical white counties.

County 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900

bales bales bales bales bales

Autauga 17,329 7,965 7,944 10,431 14,348

Baker (Chilton) —— 1,360 3,534 6,233 9,932

Baldwin 2,172 87 638 1,663 531

Barbour (a) 44,518 17,011 26,063 33,440 29,395

Bibb 8,303 3,973 4,843 5,216 6,535

Blount (b) 1,071 950 4,442 9,748 11,449

Bullock —— 17,972 22,578 30,547 31,774

Butler 13,489 5,854 11,895 18,200 21,147

Calhoun 11,573 3,038 10,848 11,504 11,554

Chambers 24,589 7,868 19,476 27,276 30,676

Cherokee (b) 10,562 1,807 10,777 11,870 12,767

Choctaw (a) 17,252 6,439 9,054 13,586 13,091

Clarke (a) 16,225 5,713 11,097 16,380 16,594

Clay (b) —— 1,143 4,973 8,250 10,459

Cleburne (b) —— 873 3,600 5,389 5,035

Coffee (b) 5,294 2,004 4,788 11,791 16,747

Colbert —— 3,936 9,012 3,956 9,234

Conecuh (b) 6,850 1,539 4,633 8,167 9,801

Coosa 13,990 3,893 8,411 10,141 11,370

Covington (b) 2,021 689 1,158 2,740 5,969

Crenshaw (b) —— 4,638 8,173 13,442 18,909

Cullman (b) —— —— 378 5,268 9,374

Dale (b) 7,836 4,273 6,224 16,259 17,868

Dallas (a) 63,410 24,819 33,534 42,819 48,273

De Kalb (b) 1,498 205 2,859 4,573 9,860

Elmore (b) —— 7,295 9,771 16,871 18,458

Escambia —— 605 94 462 1,131

Etowah (b) —— 1,383 6,571 8,482 11,651

Fayette (b) 5,462 1,909 4,268 6,141 9,128

Franklin 15,592 2,072 3,603 2,669 6,047

Geneva (b) —— 420 1,112 7,158 9,813

Greene (a) 57,858 9,910 15,811 20,901 23,681

Hale —— 18,573 18,093 28,973 28,645

Henry (b) 13,034 7,127 12,573 23,738 27,281

Jackson (b) 2,713 2,339 6,235 5,358 5,602

Jefferson (b) 4,940 1,470 5,333 4,829 7,044

Lamar (Sanford) (b) —— 1,825 5,015 6,998 10,118

Lauderdale 11,050 5,457 9,270 5,156 9,708

Lawrence 15,434 9,243 13,791 9,248 12,541

Lee —— 11,591 13,189 18,332 22,431

Limestone 15,115 7,319 15,724 8,093 14,887

Lowndes (a) 53,664 18,369 29,356 40,388 39,839

Macon (a) 41,119 11,872 14,580 19,099 20,434

Madison 22,119 12,180 20,679 13,150 20,842

Marengo (a) 62,428 23,614 23,481 31,651 38,392

Marion (b) 4,285 463 2,240 4,454 6,309

Marshall (b) 4,931 2,340 5,358 8,118 13,318

Mobile 440 317 1 24 116

Monroe (a) 18,226 6,172 10,421 15,919 17,101

Montgomery (a) 58,880 25,517 31,732 45,827 39,202

Morgan (b) 6,326 4,389 6,133 6,227 9,313

Perry (a) 44,603 13,449 21,627 24,873 29,690

Pickens (a) 29,843 8,263 17,283 18,904 21,485

Pike (b) 24,527 7,192 15,136 25,879 34,757

Randolph (b) 6,427 2,246 7,475 10,348 17,148

Russell (a) 38,728 20,796 19,442 20,521 21,174

Shelby (b) 6,463 2,194 6,643 7,308 10,193

St. Clair (b) 4,189 1,244 6,028 7,136 9,411

Sumter (a) 36,584 11,647 22,211 25,768 31,906

Talladega 18,243 5,697 11,832 15,686 21,563

Tallapoosa (b) 17,399 5,446 14,161 20,337 24,955

Tuscaloosa 26,035 6,458 11,137 13,008 20,041

Walker (b) 2,766 928 2,754 3,211 4,746

Washington 3,449 1,803 1,246 2,030 2,213

Wilcox (a) 48,749 20,095 26,745 32,582 35,005

Winston (b) 352 205 568 1,464 3,686

Totals 989,955 429,482 699,654 915,210 1,093,697