Note 114 — TRANSPORTATION (continued 2)
Reading edition
Abstract of the Emigrant and Emancipist Population in the year 1820, with a schedule of Property belonging to them: compiled from the statements of the Emancipists.
1820.Emancipists.Emigrants.
Population—
Adults7,5561,558
Children5,859878
13,4152,436
2,436
Excess of Emancipists10,979
Property—
Acres in cultivation29,02310,737
Ditto in pasture212,335198,369
Houses in towns1,200300
Cattle42,98828,582
Sheep174,1798,739
Horses2,4151,553
Swine18,5636,804
Vessels158
Capital in trade£150,000£100,000
Total estimated Property£1,123,600£526,136
526,136
Excess in favor of Emancipists:£597,464
rather more than as 2 to 1