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October 31, 1860 in The Oxford Intelligencer

Domestic News October 31, 1860

The Oxford Intelligencer

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1850 Census, Black Slaves, Mulatto Population, Free Colored, Slaveholding States

Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi

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The 1850 US census reports 2,957,656 black slaves and 446,656 mulatto slaves. Mulattoes are one-eighth as numerous as blacks overall; free mulattoes exceed half of free blacks, while slave mulattoes are one-twelfth of slave blacks. Nearly half of colored population in non-slaveholding states are mulattoes, versus one-ninth in slaveholding states; Ohio and Territories have more mulattoes than blacks.

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Blacks and Mulattoes.—According to the census of 1850, 2,957,656 of the slaves of the United States were black, or of unmixed African descent, and 446,656 were mulattoes. The mulattoes in the United States are about one-eighth as numerous as the blacks—the free mulattoes are more than half the number of the free blacks. while the slave mulattoes are only about one-twelfth of the slave blacks. While nearly half of the colored population in the non-slaveholding States are mulattoes, only about one-ninth in the slaveholding States are mulattoes. In Ohio and the Territories there are more mulattoes than blacks.

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Slave Related

What keywords are associated?

1850 Census Black Slaves Mulatto Population Free Colored Slaveholding States

Where did it happen?

United States

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United States

Event Date

1850

Event Details

According to the census of 1850, 2,957,656 of the slaves of the United States were black, or of unmixed African descent, and 446,656 were mulattoes. The mulattoes in the United States are about one-eighth as numerous as the blacks—the free mulattoes are more than half the number of the free blacks, while the slave mulattoes are only about one-twelfth of the slave blacks. While nearly half of the colored population in the non-slaveholding States are mulattoes, only about one-ninth in the slaveholding States are mulattoes. In Ohio and the Territories there are more mulattoes than blacks.