average, 7 years.
Number of individuals who have purchased themselves 23
Whole amount paid for themselves $9,112
Number of fathers and mothers still in slavery 9
" of children 18
" of brothers and sisters 98
" of newspapers taken 0
" of heads of families who can read 2

EMPLOYMENT OF HEADS OF FAMILIES.

Common laborers and porters 7
Dealers in second-hand clothing 1
Hucksters 1
Carpenters 2
Shoe-blacks 6
Cooks and waiters 11
Washer-women 18

Five of these women purchased themselves from slavery. One paid
four hundred dollars for herself, and has since bought a house
and lot worth six hundred dollars. All this she has done by
washing.

Another individual had bargained for his wife and two children.
Their master agreed to take four hundred and twenty dollars for
them. He succeeded at length in raising the money, which he
carried to their owner. "I shall charge you thirty dollars more
than when you was here before," said the planter, "for your wife
is in a family-way, and you may pay thirty dollars for that or
not take her, just as you please." "And so," said he (patting
the head of a little son, three years old, who hung upon his
knee), "I had to pay thirty dollars for this little fellow six
months before he was born."

Number of families in another district 63
" of individuals 258
" of heads of families 106
" of families who are professors of religion 16
" of heads of families at school 53
" of newspapers taken 7
Amount of property in real estate $9,850
Number of _individuals_ who have been slaves 108
" of _heads of families_ who have been slaves 69
Age at which they obtained their freedom, from 3 months to
60