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How many bales of cotton were produced in the United States in 1820?

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im not sure but i do know that in 1840 it was about 1.3 million

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User Tom Heeley
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Answer:

450,000

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Every additional three and a half bales meant an additional field-hand, so that in round numbers 1,400,000 more were employed in the cotton-fields in 1860 to produce 5,400,000 bales than to produce the 450,000 bales of 1820.

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