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U.S. Free & Slave Population 1820

 

1820 Free

1820 Slaves

1820 Slaves as % of Total

1820 Slaves as 3/5

1820 Total

1820 Total counting Slaves as 3/5

1820 Added Repres bec of 3/5 

1820 from Census Bureau

1820 diff Census from computed

Alabama

98,248

47,449

33%

28,469

145,697

126,717

29%

127,901

(17,796)

Arkansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,273

14,273

Connecticut

273,465

97

0%

58

273,562

273,523

0%

275,248

1,686

Delaware

57,001

4,509

7%

2,705

61,510

59,706

5%

72,749

11,239

Georgia

194,781

149,656

43%

89,794

344,437

284,575

46%

340,989

(3,448)

Illinois

55,101

917

2%

550

56,018

55,651

1%

55,211

(807)

Indiana

149,028

190

0%

114

149,218

149,142

0%

147,718

(1,500)

Kentucky

445,027

126,732

22%

76,039

571,759

521,066

17%

564,317

(7,442)

Louisiana

75,488

69,064

48%

41,438

144,552

116,926

55%

153,407

8,855

Maine

303,486

 

 

 

303,486

303,486

 

298,335

(5,151)

Maryland

266,483

107,398

29%

64,439

373,881

330,922

24%

407,350

33,469

Massachusetts

527,331

 

 

 

527,331

527,331

 

523,287

(4,044)

Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,896

8,896

Mississippi

43,228

32,814

43%

19,688

76,042

62,916

46%

75,448

(594)

Missouri

57,289

10,222

15%

6,133

67,511

63,422

11%

66,586

(925)

New Hampshire

248,765

 

 

 

248,765

248,765

 

244,161

(4,604)

New Jersey

263,365

7,557

3%

4,534

270,922

267,899

2%

277,575

6,653

New York

1,335,992

10,088

1%

6,053

1,346,080

1,342,045

0%

1,372,812

26,732

North Carolina

428,948

205,017

32%

123,010

633,965

551,958

29%

638,829

4,864

Ohio

541,179

 

 

 

541,179

541,179

 

581,434

40,255

Pennsylvania

1,042,905

211

0%

127

1,043,116

1,043,032

0%

1,049,458

6,342

Rhode Island

81,180

48

0%

29

81,228

81,209

0%

83,059

1,831

South Carolina

237,540

251,783

51%

151,070

489,323

388,610

64%

502,741

13,418

Tennessee

347,199

80,107

19%

48,064

427,306

395,263

14%

422,823

(4,483)

Vermont

240,706

 

 

 

240,706

240,706

 

235,981

(4,725)

Virginia

616,222

425,153

41%

255,092

1,041,375

871,314

41%

938,261

(103,114)

West Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

136,808

136,808

 

7,929,957

1,529,012

16%

917,407

9,458,969

8,847,364

12%

9,615,657

156,688

 

For other years:

Year "url"
1790 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1790.htm
1800 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1800.htm
1810 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1810.htm
1820 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1820.htm
1830 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1830.htm
1840 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1840.htm
1850 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1850.htm
1860 http://bessel.org/slavfree/1860.htm

 

 


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