Slave numbers in the Northern States, from 1860 back to 1790.
| State | 1860 | 1850 | 1840 | 1830 | 1820 | 1810 | 1800 | 1790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | N/A | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Connecticut | N/A | N/A | 54 | 25 | 97 | 310 | 951 | 2,648 |
| Delaware | 1,798 | 2,290 | 2,605 | 3,292 | 4,509 | 4,177 | 6,153 | 8,887 |
| Illinois | N/A | N/A | 331 | 747 | 917 | – | – | – |
| Indiana | N/A | N/A | 3 | 3 | 190 | – | – | – |
| Iowa | N/A | N/A | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Maine | N/A | N/A | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | N/A | N/A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | N/A | N/A | 0 | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| Minnesota | N/A | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| New Hampshire | N/A | N/A | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 157 |
| New Jersey | 18 | 236 | 674 | 2,254 | 7,557 | 1,085 | 12,422 | 11,423 |
| New York | N/A | N/A | 4 | 75 | 10,088 | 15,017 | 20,613 | 21,193 |
| Ohio | N/A | N/A | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania | N/A | N/A | 64 | 403 | 211 | 795 | 1,706 | 3,707 |
| Rhode Island | N/A | N/A | 5 | 17 | 48 | 108 | 380 | 958 |
| Vermont | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | N/A | N/A | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
States (prior to 1861) that were considered “Northern” but are not included in this table are Kansas, Nebraska, and Nevada. As of 1860, Kansas had 2 slaves, Nebraska had 15 slaves, and Nevada had none (represented as “N/A”).
Compare with the number of slaves in the Southern States for the same period of time by opening this link and placing the browser windows side-by-side to show the two different posts.
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Posted on December 12, 2008 by Robert Moore
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