APPENDIX C
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FIGURES FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORTS RELATING TO FUGITIVE SLAVES
Table A
Census of 1850Census of 1860
RatioPer RatioPer
SlavesFugi-of Fugi-CentSlavesFugi-of Fugi-Cent
tivestives toof tivestives toof
SlavesLoss SlavesLoss
Alabama342,8442911,822.0084435,0803612,086.0082
Arkansas47,100212,242.0445111,115283,968.0252
Delaware2,29026881.13521,79812150.6674
Florida39,310182,184.045761,745115,613.0177
Georgia381,682894,288.0233462,1982320,096.0049
Kentucky210,981962,198.0455225,4831191,895.0527
Louisiana244,809902,720.0366331,726467,211.0138
Maryland90,368279324.308887,189115758.1318
Mississippi309,878407,558.0132436,631686,422.0155
Missouri87,422601,457.0686114,931991,161.0860
North Carolina288,548644,508.0222331,059615,262.0184
South Carolina384,9841624,061.0041402,4062317,501.0057
Tennessee239,459703,421.0292275,719299,509.0105
Texas58,161292,005.0498182,5661611,410.0087
Virginia472,528825,693.0175490,8651174,194.0238
3,200,3641,0113,165.03153,950,5118034,919.0203
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
Counties1850186018501860
StateBordering onAABBCD
the states
KentuckyIll., O., Ind..20.11.27.244511
VirginiaPa., O..018.0089.53.475511
MissouriIa., Ill..11.081.15.1082528
MarylandPa..058.032.201.163320.4
Average39.517.6
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
185018501860186018501860
"Pan
StateHandle"WhiteSlaveWhiteSlave
BorderingPopu-Popu-Popu-Popu-AAB
Pa. and O.lationlationlationlation
VirginiaHancock4,04034,4422.00074.0004539
"Brooke4,9231005,42518.0203.003383
"Ohio17,61216422,196100.0093.004551
"Marshall10,0504912,91129.0048.002254
"Wetzel3,319326,69110.0096.001584
For all the Counties39,94434851,665159.0089.003056
Table C legend:
A = Ratio between White and Slave Population B = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in 10 Years