Editorial note — Chapter II · ToC
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[A] Figures 1704-1757 from Du Bois, Notes, etc., p. 1.
[B] Negro not reported separately 1790 to 1850; includes "slaves" and all other "Free Colored" which does not involve serious error in the earlier censuses.
Census figures 1790-1910 are from the latest revisions of the Bureau of the Census. Figures for same area, outside of Manhattan and Brooklyn, are estimates of censuses 1790-1890. Figures for 1900 and 1910 are exact.
[C] Decrease.