crease per | | | | | | |
cent. per annum | ......| ......| ......| ......| ...... [a].31| 1.40
Slaves | ......| ......| ......| ......| 15,501| 25,717| 39,310
ARKANSAS. | | | | | | |
Free Colored | ......| ......| ......| 59| 141| 465| 608
Increase per cent. | | | | | | |
per annum | ......| ......| ......| ......| 13.89| 2.29| 1.10
Slaves | ......| ......| ......| 1,617| 4,576| 19,935| 47,100
MICHIGAN. | | | | | | |
Free Colored | ......| ......| 120| 174| 261| 707| 2,583
Increase per cent. | | | | | | |
per annum | ......| ......| ......| 4.50| 5.00| 17.08| 25.53
Slaves | ......| ......| 24| ......| 32| ......| ......
DISTRICT OF | | | | | | |
COLUMBIA. | | | | | | |
Free Colored | ......| 783| 2,549| 4,048| 6,152| 8,361| 10,059
Increase per cent. | | | | | | |
per annum | ......| ......| 22.55| 5.88| 5.19| 3.59| 2.03
Slaves | ......| 3,244| 5,395| 6,377| 6,119| 4,694| 3,687
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FOOTNOTE:

[a] DECREASE.

TABLE V.

INFLUENCE OF THE COLORED POPULATION ON PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

TABLE SHOWING THE PROPORTION OF THE FREE COLORED
POPULATION IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE STATE OF OHIO, BY COUNTIES, AS PRESENTED BY
THE CENSUS OF 1840 AND 1850, TOGETHER WITH THE
POPULAR VOTE FOR AND AGAINST THE ABOLITION
CANDIDATE, HON. S. P. CHASE, AT THE ELECTION FOR
GOVERNOR, OCTOBER, 1855.

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SOUTHERN COUNTIES. | MR. CHASE. ||
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COUNTIES. | 1840. | 1850. | FOR |AGAINST||
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Hamilton, | 2,576| 3,600| 4,516| 18,764||
Clermont, | 122| 412| 2,434| 2,879||
Brown, | 614| 863| 1,571|