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Census-taking in 1860 and 1870 was remarkably complex in the variety of information gathered, yet decidedly low-tech and labor-intensive compared to the machine-read forms and computerized tallies of today.
The census had already emerged as the government's main statistical tool, collecting basic data on age, race and gender, plus occupation, income, literacy and education. It provided economic details on farms and factories, ranging from the
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