Tropic of Capricorn for rainfed agriculture. Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the Tropic of Capricorn passes through 10 countries: The following cities and landmarks are either located near the Tropic of Capricorn, or the tropic passes through them. As the major portion of earth's land is located in the Northern Hemisphere there are only four countries entirely south of the Tropic of Capricorn (there are 74 countries entirely north of the Tropic of Cancer): Length of the Tropic on 11 June 2015, at 23°26′14″S is . Tropic of Capricorn The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle
The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts is an 1852 plantation fiction novel by Caroline Rush, and among the first examples of the genre, alongside others such as "Aunt Phillis's Cabin" by Mary Henderson Eastman and "Life at the South; or, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" As It Is" by W.L.G. Smith, both of which were also released in 1852. "The North and the South" was one of several examples of the pro-slavery plantation literature genre that emerged from the Southern United States in response to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"