27,281
" Re-Exported, | 819,439 | " 18,981,601
" Slave-Labor | |
production, | 14,810,091 | " 459,743,322
| |
Molasses, Imported, | $3,684,888 | gals. 31,886,100
" Re-Exported, | 97,880 | " 488,666
" Slave-Labor | |
production, | 3,607,160 | " 31,325,735
| |
Tobacco, etc., Imported, | $4,175,238 |
" Re-Exported, | 312,733 |
" Slave-Labor | |
production, | 3,674,402 |
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NOTE.--A part of the modifications necessary in this table to adopt it
to 1859, can be inferred from some of the tables which follow.

TABLE IV.

FREE COLORED AND SLAVE POPULATION, OF THE STATES
NAMED, IN THE PERIODS OF TEN YEARS, FROM 1790 TO
1850, WITH THE RATIO OF INCREASE OR DECREASE PER
CENT. PER ANNUM, OF THE FORMER.

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STATES AND CLASSES.| 1790. | 1800. | 1810. | 1820. | 1830. | 1840. | 1850.
-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
PENNSYLVANIA. | | | | | | |
Free Colored | 6,537 | 14,561| 22,492| 30,202| 37,930| 47,854| 53,626
Increase per cent. | | | | | | |
per annum | ......| 12.27| 5.44| 3.42| 2.55| 2.61| 1.20
Slaves | 3,737 | 1,706| 795| 211| 403| 64| ......
MASSACHUSETTS. | | | | | | |
Free Colored | 5,463| 6,452| 6,737| 6,740| 7,048| 8,669| 9,064
Increase per cent. | | | | | | |
per annum | ......| 1.81| .44| .004| .45| 2.29| .45
Slaves | ......| ......| ......| ......| ......| ......| ......
NEW YORK. | | | | | | |
Free Colored | 4,654| 10,374| 25,333| 29,279| 44,870| 50,027| 49,069
Increase or | | | | | | |
decrease per | | |