Note 1 — THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE NEGROES OF NEW YORK PRIOR TO 1861
Reading edition
Census of New York before 1790:
Year Number 1664 "very few" 1678 "very few" 1698 King's County, 293. 1703, 5 counties about N. Y. City 1,301. 1712, 5 counties about N. Y. City 1,775. 1723 6,171 1731 7,231 1746 9,717 1774 21,717 1790 21,324 1800 20,903 1810 15,017 1820 10,088 1830 75 1840 4 NEW YORK CITY SLAVES. 1703 801 1712 960 1731 1,571 1737 1,719 1746 2,444
Morgan, Slavery in New York, page 38.