NOTE.--This table is left as it was in the first edition. As the census tables supply a portion of its materials, a new statement cannot be made until after 1860.
TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE MORE PROMINENT ARTICLES OF GROCERIES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1853; SPECIFYING ALSO, THE RE-EXPORTS, AND THE PROPORTIONS FROM SLAVE-LABOR COUNTRIES. See Report on Commerce and Navigation.
======================================================================= Coffee, Imported, | Value, $15,525,954 | lbs. 199,049,823 " Re-Exported, | 1,163,875 | " 13,349,319 " Slave-Labor | | production, | 12,059,476 | " 156,108,569 | | Sugar, Imported, | $15,093,003 | " 464,427,281 " 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 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.
=========================================================================== 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 | | | | | | | cent. per annum | ......| 12.29| 14.41| 1.55| 5.32| 1.14| [a].19 Slaves | 21,324| 20,343| 15,017| 10,088| 75| 4| ...... NEW JERSEY. | | | | | | | Free Colored | 2,762| 4,402| 7,843| 12,460| 18,303| 21,044| 23,810 Increase per cent. | | | | | | | per annum | ......| 5.93| 7.81| 5.88| 4.68| 1.49| 1.31 Slaves | 11,423| 12,422| 10,851| 7,557| 2,254| 674| 236 RHODE ISLAND. | | | | | | | Free Colored | 3,469| 3,304| 3,609| 3,554| 3,561| 3,238| 3,670 Increase or | | | | | | | decrease per | | | | | | | cent. per annum | ......| [a].47| .92| [a].15| .01| [a]90| 1.33 Slaves | 952| 381| 108| 48| 17| 5| ...... VERMONT. | | | | | | | Free Colored | 225| 557| 750| 903| 881| 730| 718 Increase or | | | | | | | decrease per | | | | | | | cent. per annum | ......| 11.84| 3.46| 2.04| [a].24|[a]1.71| [a]16 Slaves | 17| ......| ......| ......| ......| ......| ......