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The New York Times20d
Census of 1860 Population-Effect on the Representation of the Free and Slave States.
Taken in all, the aggregate of slaves will be about 4,000,000. The census of 1860 will approximate, in regard to races, very nearly this proportion: Free white population..... 27,000,000.
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The New York Times19d
The Sugar Interest.; PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, AND CONSUMPTION OF CANE SUGAR AND MOLASSES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 1860.
The population of the United States by the census of the year 1860 was as follows For the Free States..... 18,904,504 For the fifteen Slave States (free)..... 8,280,545 For ...
Smithsonian Magazine4y
The Surprising History of the Infographic
A map shows the distribution of the slave population in the Southern states of the United States, based on the 1860 census. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division As the 2016 election ...