about 1,000,000 slaves
true fact
Most were living in the south, where there were half a million free blacks, and three and a half million slaves. There was no large black population in the northern states.
about 1,500
There is no way to tell exactly how many slaves were in the United States. The records kept were not accurate.
The first Slaves arrived to america arrived in the us colonies and they were thirdteen of them. ^_^
3 million
462,198 slaves lived in GA according to the official US census of 1860.
According to the 1790 US Census, 94% of US slaves lived south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
400'000
slaves
According to the 1860 census:Total number of slaves in the Lower South : 2,312,352 (47% of total population).Total number of slaves in the Upper South: 1,208758 (29% of total population).Total number of slaves in the Border States: 432,586 (13% of total population).The information (which I have not checked) is here:http://civilwarcauses.org/stat.htm
Senator Stephen A. Douglas made his impact in Illinois politics. He was a well known senator in the US. Illinois was the last US state he lived in. He was born in Vermont and also lived in New York. He lived from 1813 to 1861.
Slavery is now illegal in the US. Therefore there should be no slaves in the US today.
Most were living in the south, where there were half a million free blacks, and three and a half million slaves. There was no large black population in the northern states.
too much
about 1,500
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There is no way to tell exactly how many slaves were in the United States. The records kept were not accurate.