Jun 15 2011
Posted by Natalia Abramov-V. under June 16 Assignment
New York and Savannah
During the 1840’s the Southern city of Savannah, Georgia was much slower in its urban growth and development when compared to New York City. While NYC was strongly developing its economy through trade, marketing and shipping, Savannah’s economy was highly dependent on processing of staple crop. However, similarly to New York City’s growing economy, Savannah soon blossomed with the leading cotton shipping ports in the world of Antebellum (Chudacoff 41). ” By 1820 Savannah was the eighteenth largest city in the United States and had established its preeminence as an international shipping center, with exports exceeding $14 million. Cotton remained the principal export until the Civil War” (The New Georgia Encyclopedia www.georgiaencyclopedia.org ).