Increase of Slave Population.
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Years.No. of Slaves.Increase.Per ct. of Increase.
1790697,897
1800893,041195,14428
18101,191,364298,32332
18201,538,064346,70029
18302,009,031470,96729
18402,487,855478,32424
18503,204,313716,95829
18604,002,996798,68325
The average increase in every ten years during the seventy years has been about 28 per cent.