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Migration in the Cotton South: The Geographic Mobility of Alabama Farmers, 1850-1860.
… Clement C. Clay described the migration of farmers from the Tennessee Valley region of Alabama. The small planters, Clay observed, "after taking the cream off their lands," were going westward in search of new land. Wealthier planters "with greater means and no more skill" bought out their …