The Statistics of Slavery

To 1860

“An American Slave Market” by Taylor, 1852

Slaves Waiting for Sale (Crowe)

Statistical Source: National Census

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Internal Slave Trade 1810–1860

Value of Cotton Exports as a % of All

U.S. Exports, 1800–1860

Growth of Cotton Production and

Slave Population, 1790–1860

Total Slave Population 1820

Total Slave Population 1860

Distribution of Slaves 1790

Distribution of Slaves 1860

Cash Value of Farms 1860

White, Free Black, Slave Population as % of State Population 1860

Slaves in the South

• Slaves in the Lower South : 2,312,352 (47% of total population).

• Slaves in the Upper South: 1,208758 (29% of total population).

• Slaves in the Border States: 432,586 (13% of total population).

% Slaveholding Families as % of Free Families

• Mississippi: 49%• South Carolina:46%• Georgia: 37%• Alabama: 35%• Florida: 34%• Louisiana: 29%• Texas: 28%

• North Carolina: 28%• Virginia: 26%• Tennessee: 25%• Kentucky: 23%• Arkansas: 20%• Missouri: 13%• Maryland: 12%• Delaware: 3%

Southern Currency Included Slavery Images

Pro-Slavery Propaganda

1852