TABLE 8.2:
TABLE 8.2 Growth of Cotton Production in the United States, 1790–1830
Year
Production in Bales
1790
3,135
1795
16,719
1800
73,145
1805
146,290
1810
177,638
1815
208,986
1820
334,378
1825
532,915
1830
731,452