Chapter XXXI: Appendix: C

FIGURES FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORTS RELATING TO FUGITIVE SLAVES

TABLE A

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| CENSUS OF 1850 |CENSUS OF 1860
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| | |Ratio | Per | | |Ratio | Per
| Slaves | Fugi-|of Fugi-| Cent | Slaves |Fugi-|of Fugi-|Cent
| | tives|tives to| of | |tives|tives to| of
| | |Slaves | Loss | | |Slaves |Loss
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Alabama | 342,844| 29| 11,822 | .0084| 435,080| 36 |12,086 |.0082
Arkansas | 47,100| 21| 2,242 | .0445| 111,115| 28 | 3,968 |.0252
Delaware | 2,290| 26| 88 |1.1352| 1,798| 12 | 150 |.6674
Florida | 39,310| 18| 2,184 | .0457| 61,745| 11 | 5,613 |.0177
Georgia | 381,682| 89| 4,288 | .0233| 462,198| 23 | 20,096 |.0049
Kentucky | 210,981| 96| 2,198 | .0455| 225,483| 119 | 1,895 |.0527
Louisiana | 244,809| 90| 2,720 | .0366| 331,726| 46 | 7,211 |.0138
Maryland | 90,368| 279| 324 | .3088| 87,189| 115 | 758 |.1318
Mississippi | 309,878| 40| 7,558 | .0132| 436,631| 68 | 6,422 |.0155
Missouri | 87,422| 60| 1,457 | .0686| 114,931| 99 | 1,161 |.0860
North Carolina| 288,548| 64| 4,508 | .0222| 331,059| 61 | 5,262 |.0184
South Carolina| 384,984| 16| 24,061 | .0041| 402,406| 23 | 17,501 |.0057
Tennessee | 239,459| 70| 3,421 | .0292| 275,719| 29 | 9,509 |.0105
Texas | 58,161| 29| 2,005 | .0498| 182,566| 16 | 11,410 |.0087
Virginia | 472,528| 82| 5,693 | .0175| 490,865| 117 | 4,194 |.0238
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|3,200,364| 1,011| 3,165 | .0315|3,950,511| 803 | 4,919 |.0203
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TABLE B

SHOWING THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF DECLINE OF THE SLAVE POPULATION FROM 1850-1860 WAS GREATER IN THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF THE BORDER SLAVE STATES THAN IN THESE STATES AS A WHOLE

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| Counties | 1850 | 1860 | 1850 | 1860 | | |
State | Bordering on | A | A | B | B | C | D |
| the states | | | | | | |
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Kentucky | Ill., O., Ind. | .20 | .11 | .27 | .24 | 45 | 11 |
Virginia | Pa., O. | .018 | .0089| .53 | .47 | 55 | 11 |
Missouri | Ia., Ill. | .11 | .081 | .15 | .108 | 25 | 28 |
Maryland | Pa. | .058 | .032 | .201 | .16 | 33 | 20.4 |
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Average | 39.5 | 17.6 |
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Table B legend:

A = Ratio between White and Slave Population in the Counties bordering
on the Free States
B = Ratio between White and Slave Population in Whole State
C = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in Counties in 10 Years
D = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in States in 10 Years

TABLE C

SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF DECLINE OF THE SLAVE POPULATION IN THE "PAN HANDLE" COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA FROM 1850-1860

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| | 1850 | 1850 | 1860 | 1860 | 1850 | 1860 | |
| "Pan | | | | | | | |
State | Handle" | White | Slave | White | Slave | | | |
| Bordering | Popu- | Popu- | Popu- | Popu- | A | A | B |
| Pa. and O.| lation | lation| lation | lation| | | |
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Virginia| Hancock | 4,040 | 3 | 4,442 | 2 |.00074 |.00045 | 39 |
" | Brooke | 4,923 | 100 | 5,425 | 18 |.0203 |.0033 | 83 |
" | Ohio |17,612 | 164 | 22,196 | 100 |.0093 |.0045 | 51 |
" | Marshall |10,050 | 49 | 12,911 | 29 |.0048 |.0022 | 54 |
" | Wetzel | 3,319 | 32 | 6,691 | 10 |.0096 |.0015 | 84 |
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For all the Counties |39,944 | 348 | 51,665 | 159 |.0089 |.0030 | 56 |
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Table C legend:

A = Ratio between White and Slave Population
B = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in 10 Years