THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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20, 000
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10, 000
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5, 000
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1, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -On that basis, southern planters immigrated with their chattel to Missouri, and the slave population rose from 3, 101 in 1810 to 10, 000 in 1820.
Detailed explanation-2: -The total population was determined to be 9, 638, 453, of which 1, 538, 022 were slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -By 1860 the state contained 114, 931 slaves and 3572 free negroes. By the beginning of the American Civil War, only 36 counties in Missouri had 1, 000 or more slaves. Male slaves fetched a price of up to $1, 300.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are 10, 222 enslaved people in Missouri, according to the 1820 Census, which is far greater than the number of “free colored persons” living in Missouri in 1820. 8.
Detailed explanation-5: -March 18, 1861 Of those 31 million, as also reported on the tables accompanying the map, 3, 952, 838 were slaves. The map also provides statistics on the free and slave populations in each state as recorded in the 1850 and 1860 census.