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C. APPENDIX C

FIGURES FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORTS
RELATING TO FUGITIVE SLAVES

Table A

                                   

	Census of 1850				Census of 1860
	Slaves	Fugitives	Ratio of Fugitives to Slaves	Per Cent of Loss	Slaves	Fugitives	Ratio of Fugitives to Slaves	Per Cent of Loss
Alabama	342,844	29	11,822	.0084	435,080	36	12,086	.0082
Arkansas	47,100	21	2,242	.0445	111,115	28	3,968	.0252
Delaware	2,290	26	88	1.1352	1,798	12	150	.6674
Florida	39,310	18	2,184	.0457	61,745	11	5,613	.0177
Georgia	381,682	89	4,288	.0233	462,198	23	20,096	.0049
Kentucky	210,981	96	2,198	.0455	225,483	119	1,895	.0527
Louisiana	244,809	90	2,720	.0366	331,726	46	7,211	.0138
Maryland	90,368	279	324	.3088	87,189	115	758	.1318
Mississippi	309,878	40	7,558	.0132	436,631	68	6,422	.0155
Missoari	87,422	60	1,457	.0686	114,931	99	1,161	.0860
NorthCarolina	288,548	64	4,508	.0222	331,059	61	5,262	.0184
SouthCarolina	384,984	16	24,061	.0041	402,406	23	17,501	.0057
Tennessee	239,459	70	3,421	.0292	275,719	29	9,509	.0105
Texas	58,161	29	2,005	.0498	182,566	16	11,410	.0087
Virginia	472,528	82	5,693	.0175	490,865	117	4,194	.238
	3,200,364	1,011	3,165	.0315	3,950,511	803	4,919	.0203

Table B

Showing that 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

           

State	Counties Bordering on the States	1850 Ratio between White and Slave Population in the Counties Bordering on the Free States	1860 Ratio between White and Slave Population in the Counties Bordering on the Free States	1850 Ratio between White and Slave Population in Whole State	1860 Ratio between White and Slave Population in Whole State	Percent of Decline of Slave Population in Counties in 10 Years	Percent of Decline of Slave Population in States in 10 Years
Kentucky	III., O., Ind.	.20	.11	.27	.24	45	11
Virginia	Pa., O.	.018	.0089	.53	.47	55	11
Missouri	Ia., III.	.11	.081	.15	.108	25	28
Maryland	Pa.	.058	.032	.201	.16	33	20.4
Average.....						39.5	17.6

Table C

Showing the Percentage of Decline of the Slave Population in the
"Pan Handle" Counties of Virginia From 1850–1860

             

State	"Pan Handle" Counties Bordering Pa. and O.	1850 White Population	1850 Slave Population	1860 White Population	1860 Slave Population	1850 Ratio between White and Slave Population	1860 Ratio between White and Slave Population	Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in 10 Years
Virginia	Hancock	4,040	3	4,442	2	.00074	.00045	39
"	Brooke	4,923	100	5,425	18	.0203	.0033	83
"	Ohio	17,612	164	22,196	100	.0093	.0045	51
"	Marshall	10,050	49	12,911	29	.0048	.0022	54
"	Wetzel	3,319	32	6,619	10	.0096	.0015	84
For all the Counties		39,944	348	51,665	159	.0089	.0030	56