The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history

by Wilbur Henry Siebert

Table B

Showing that the Percentage of Decline of the Slave Population from 1850-1860 was Greater in the Northernmost Counties of the Border Slave States than in these States as a Whole

	Counties	1850	1860	1850	1860
State	Bordering on	A	A	B	B	C	D
	the states
Kentucky	Ill., O., Ind.	.20	.11	.27	.24	45	11
Virginia	Pa., O.	.018	.0089	.53	.47	55	11
Missouri	Ia., Ill.	.11	.081	.15	.108	25	28
Maryland	Pa.	.058	.032	.201	.16	33	20.4
					Average	39.5	17.6

Table B legend:

A = Ratio between White and Slave Population in the Counties bordering on the Free States
B = Ratio between White and Slave Population in Whole State
C = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in Counties in 10 Years
D = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in States in 10 Years

Table C

Showing the Percentage of Decline of the Slave Population in the "Pan Handle" Counties of Virginia from 1850-1860

		1850	1850	1860	1860	1850	1860
	"Pan
State	Handle"	White	Slave	White	Slave
	Bordering	Popu-	Popu-	Popu-	Popu-	A	A	B
	Pa. and O.	lation	lation	lation	lation
Virginia	Hancock	4,040	3	4,442	2	.00074	.00045	39
"	Brooke	4,923	100	5,425	18	.0203	.0033	83
"	Ohio	17,612	164	22,196	100	.0093	.0045	51
"	Marshall	10,050	49	12,911	29	.0048	.0022	54
"	Wetzel	3,319	32	6,691	10	.0096	.0015	84
For all the Counties		39,944	348	51,665	159	.0089	.0030	56

Table C legend:

A = Ratio between White and Slave Population
B = Per Cent of Decline of Slave Population in 10 Years