Appendix C

Figures from the United States Census Reports Relating to Fugitive Slaves

Table A

Census of 1850 Census of 1860

Ratio Per Ratio Per

Slaves Fugi- of Fugi- Cent Slaves Fugi- of Fugi- Cent

tives tives to of tives tives to of

Slaves Loss Slaves 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

Missouri 87,422 60 1,457 .0686 114,931 99 1,161 .0860

North Carolina 288,548 64 4,508 .0222 331,059 61 5,262 .0184

South Carolina 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 .0238

3,200,364 1,011 3,165 .0315 3,950,511 803 4,919 .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

Counties 1850 1860 1850 1860

State Bordering on A A B B C D

the states

Kentucky Ill., O., Ind. .20 .11 .27 .24 45 11

Virginia Pa., O. .018 .0089 .53 .47 55 11

Missouri Ia., Ill. .11 .081 .15 .108 25 28

Maryland Pa. .058 .032 .201 .16 33 20.4

Average 39.5 17.6

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

1850 1850 1860 1860 1850 1860

"Pan

State Handle" White Slave White Slave

Bordering Popu- Popu- Popu- Popu- A A B

Pa. and O. lation lation lation lation

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 6,691 10 .0096 .0015 84

For all the Counties 39,944 348 51,665 159 .0089 .0030 56

Table C legend:

A = Ratio between White and Slave Population
B = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in 10 Years