{"id":4252,"date":"2017-06-06T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/preserving\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2017-06-06T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:44:10","slug":"early-civil-war-broadside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/preserving\/2017\/06\/06\/early-civil-war-broadside\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Civil War Broadside"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This early Civil War Era broadside from 1861 entitled: “Comparison of Products, Population and Resources of the Free and Slave States” was compiled\u00a0by John M Batchelder, most likely from 1850s data. At the top of the chart is\u00a0an illustration of\u00a0former New York Policeman, Peter Hart, whose\u00a0heroic attempt to keep the flag flying over Fort Sumter during the bombardment of April 12-13, 1861 became iconic. The Hart image\u00a0signals that the broadside\u00a0was likely printed soon\u00a0after the fall of Fort Sumter. Further evidence on this being an early Civil War document is\u00a0the use of the term\u00a0“seven Seceding States”, indicating\u00a0it was printed before news spread of Virginia’s secession, the eighth state to leave the Union on April 17th. The\u00a0graph appears to be\u00a0a striking visual argument as to why the North was\u00a0superior to the South, having\u00a0a decisive advantage in population, schools, education, libraries, wealth, and infrastructure.\u00a0The South was accredited with\u00a0an edge in cotton production, annual mean temperature, and illiteracy. By using the terms, “Free” and “Slave” States, the compiler\u00a0made his\u00a0sympathies known and his allegiance with the abolitionist movement and a free labor economy. Where this was posted and who was the targeted audience is not entirely clear.<\/p>\n

John M. Batchelder (1811-1892) was a Boston civil engineer with\u00a0a particular interest in telegraphy and submarine cables. He corresponded with Samuel F.B. Morse for the advancement of the telegraph system. Batchelder and his family were involved in a number of social causes, including petitions against slavery and fugitive laws, as well as prevention of cruelty to animals.<\/p>\n

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Batchelder, John Montgomery 1811-1892 author. Comparison of products, population and resources of the free and slave states. Cambridge: Printed by Welch, Bigelow, c1861.<\/span><\/dd>\n
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