There were 304.000 in 1790. By the time it was 1860 the number increased to 3,950,000.
About 2 million were in the south. Which was 20% of the whole population.
100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom 50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and 1860.
Through the centuries and the millenia there have been many tens of millions of slaves in various parts of the world. There are still people working in conditions of slavery in some parts of the world.
Bounties given for the return of fugitive slaves varied based on many circumstances. In 1860, in Missouri a reward for the return of a fugitive slave captured by a citizen was about $100 dollars. In today's economy that figure is very high.
Never mind, I found the answer myself. "Of the 27 million whites counted in the 1860 census, 8 million lived in the slave owning states of the South. Of these, 385,000 owned slaves. Statistically, 4.8% of all Southern whites owned slaves. When factored by the entire population, 1.4% of all United States whites were slave owners."
There were around 3,950,000 slaves in Georgia in 1860.
462,198 slaves lived in GA according to the official US census of 1860.
Approximitely 3,500.
25% of southern white families owned slaves in 1860
At the peak in 1860 there were 3.9 million slaves in the south.
There were almost 4 million;.
It is estimated that about 2,000 fleeing slaves passed through Ohio a year between 1830 and 1860. The Pennsylvania Vigilance Committee claimed that it helped a total of 9,000 slaves flee from the south from 1830 to 1860.
5,000 up to 4,500
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In 1860 Alabama, there were 600,000 ton of cotton gown by the slaves and shipped to the Europeans
In 1860 Alabama, there were 600,000 ton of cotton gown by the slaves and shipped to the Europeans
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