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At the start of the US Civil War, there were 3,950,528 slaves in the south. This was up from a population of just over one million at the start of the century. Ever increasing international demand for southern raw materials caused the number of slaves to rise.

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Based upon the information published by the US Government, Bureau of Census covering the first half of the year 1861, there were:

9 103 332 people, of which 3 522 034 slaves living in the South and

3 024 745 people, of which 430 929, slaves, living in the Border States.

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What statement best describes the population of America prior to the start of the civil war?

The US population just prior to the US Civil War had the Southern "slave" states under populated in comparison to the Northern non-slave states. The total US population was approximately 31,443,321.Roughly 23 million people lived in the "North" and the "South's" population was about 11 million of which almost 4 million were slaves.


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