Hoyt Cagle
Blacks In The CSA
Tue May 29 04:01:56 2001


The following data are from the Fisher Library in VA. You can check these figures at this address:

http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/cgi-local/censusbin/census/cen.pl?year=860

State
AGGR. NO. OF FREE COLORED PERSONS 1860 Census:
ALABAMA 2,690
ARKANSAS 144
CALIFORNIA 4,086
CONNECTICUT 8,627
DELAWARE 19,829
FLORIDA 932
GEORGIA 3,500
ILLINOIS 7,628
INDIANA 11,428
IOWA 1,069
KANSAS 625
KENTUCKY 10,684
LOUISIANA 18,647
MAINE 1,327
MARYLAND 83,942
MASSACHUSETTS 9,602
MICHIGAN 6,799
MINNESOTA 259
MISSISSIPPI 773
MISSOURI 3,572
NEBRASKA 67
NEVADA 45
New HAMPSHIRE 494
NEW JERSEY 25,318
NEW YORK 49,005
NORTH CAROLINA 30,463
OHIO 36,673
OREGON 128
PENNSYLVANIA 56,949
RHODE ISLAND 3,952
SOUTH CAROLINA 9,914
TENNESSEE 7,300
TEXAS 355
VERMONT 709
VIRGINIA 58,042
WISCONSIN 1,171
TOTAL 476,748

Minus number in Confederate States -132,760
Leaves in the Union States: 343,988
Maryland (Union) Subtract from Union - 83,942
Leaves in Union minus Maryland: 260,046

Also, the total of VA and MD together =141,984