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Northern manufacturing and industry was largely expanded during the Civil War and found continued use in the Railway mania immediately following. Socialwelfarehistory.com. N.p., 2014. Web. 9 Mar. 2015.
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This 1866 image of field hands on a plantation on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, depicts a scene common on plantations throughout the South during more than two centuries of slavery. Civilwar.org. Civil War Trust, 2014. Web. 9 Mar. 2015.
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