The subjoined table, compiled from the census of 1860, is
interesting at this time. It will be
seen that the free negro population of the South is considerably in excess of
the North:
NUMBER OF FREE
NEGROES
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In the Free States.
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In the Slave States
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California
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3,816
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Alabama
|
2,680
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Connecticut
|
8,542
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Arkansas
|
137
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Illinois
|
7,069
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Delaware
|
19,723
|
Indiana
|
10,869
|
Florida
|
908
|
Iowa
|
1,023
|
Georgia
|
10,146
|
Kansas
|
623
|
Kentucky
|
10,146
|
Maine
|
1,195
|
Louisiana
|
18,638
|
Massachusetts
|
9,454
|
Maryland
|
83,718
|
Michigan
|
6,823
|
Mississippi
|
731
|
Minnesota
|
229
|
Missouri
|
2,988
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New Hampshire
|
450
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North Carolina
|
30,097
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New Jersey
|
24,947
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South Carolina
|
9,648
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Ohio
|
36,225
|
Texas
|
339
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Oregon
|
121
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Virginia
|
57,579
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Pennsylvania
|
66,373
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Dist. Columbia
|
11,107
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Rhode Island
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3,918
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259,078
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Vermont
|
582
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Wisconsin
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1,481
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222,747
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– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, p. 4
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