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In search of plantation culture in the 1860 census
Maybe I should have added “where it was and where it wasn’t” to the title of this post. Anyway, I give you the following numbers to consider… State # of slaveholders in 1860 % of owners with only 1 slave % of owners with only 2 slaves % of owners with only 3 slaves % […]
What’s really (no, I mean REALLY) the problem with modern Civil War reenactments?
January 14, 2009 by Robert Moore
Noting the recent post by Kevin over at Civil War Memory, I figured I’d toss out some thoughts about reenacting. First, YES, I have reenacted. I started back in 1981, and then, in the midst of high school, other things became more important to a teenage boy (go figure). Then, I crept back into it […]
Slave numbers in the Northern States as represented in the U.S. Census
December 12, 2008 by Robert Moore
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 […]
Slave numbers in the Southern States as represented through the U.S. Census
December 12, 2008 by Robert Moore
Number of slaves in the Southern States, from 1860 back to 1790. State 1860 1850 1840 1830 1820 1810 1800 1790 Alabama 435,080 342,844 253,532 117,549 47,449 – – – Arkansas 111,115 47,100 19,935 4,576 – – – – Florida 61,745 39,310 25,717 – – – – – Georgia 462,198 381,682 280,944 217,531 149,656 105,218 […]
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