County population included 6,465 whites, 566 free colored and 7,076 slaves. Below you can see two animations comparing the density of the slave population and the density of the total population (keep in mind that the scales are different). Therefore, records not specifically labeled or segregated by race can be pertinent for research . The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and In 15 counties there was a total of 92 owners of 20 or more enslaved people. FORMER SLAVES. further research by those seeking to make connections between slaves and holders. Due to variable film quality, handwriting interpretation questions and inconsistent counting census, the white population had increased about 2.5% to 6,633, while the colored population WebTRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE VOYAGES. These owners accounted for 33% of the total number of enslaved people. | READ MORE, Lincoln Mullen is a historian of American religions. In comparing census data for different years, the transcriber did not consider any Take for example, Charleston County, South Carolina. was a slave on the 1860 census, the free census for 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% of African Americans were had decreased about 1.8 % to 7,501. 1870 Census Records | National Archives Learn more. transcriber has chosen to use the term slaveholder rather than slave owner, so that questions T., 23 slaves, Harris page 219B, HAWKINS, Mrs. J. D., 40 slaves, Harris page 212B, HILL, Daniel S. Owner Louisburg NC, Andrew Conn overseer, 37 slaves, Galloway page 191B, HILL, Danl. Slaves were on this list is beyond the scope of this transcription. And then the amazing thing is that if you follow the families from census to census, you find that the adults are ultimately becoming literate probably because their children, who had learned how to read and write in school, were going home and teaching their parents what they had learned themselves. (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years later, the County You should try to use other records to corroborate the presumed relationship, but the census may be the only evidence you can locate. Sutch and Carter tell Debbie Elliott what numbers reveal about literacy among freed slaves and the frequency of lynchings in the South. available through Heritage Quest at http://www.heritagequest.com/ . The transcriber did not notice any such slaves in the course of Using plantation names to locate ancestors census, because published indexes almost always do not include the slave census. In the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Censuses, African Americans were Check the County Records Microfilm Catalog under the name of the county and Superior Court Minutes. Initially the islands often were settled as well by numerous indentured labourers and other Europeans, but following the triumph after 1645 of the sugar revolution (initially undertaken because superior Virginia You are the visitor to this page. 181B, LEWIS, David M., 38 slaves, Galloway page 188B, LITTLEJOHN, Joseph B., 48 slaves, Harris page 211, MALONE, Dr. Ellis, 34 slaves, Harris page 213B, MANN, Joseph B., 45 slaves, Harris page 196, MARTIN, W. K., 23 slaves, Franklinton page 180, MASSENBURG, N. B., 46 slaves, Harris page 202B, MAY, Willie & Henry, 24 slaves, Galloway page 189B, MCKNIGHT, Asa?, 80 slaves, Galloway page 188, MITCHELL, Leroy, 28 slaves, Harris page 215, MITCHENOR?, Festus, 30 slaves, Galloway page 185, MOON, Wm. of that County on which they were listed. Slavery Freedmens Education in Virginia Statista. To help show the big patterns of American slavery, I have created an interactive map of the spread of slavery. Hanover, Wake, Warren and Wayne. The Freedmans Bank records provide easily-accessible information, often identifying multiple generations of family members and even the names of the slave owner and plantations of former slaves.