Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction: Slavery in Richmond Virginia, 1782–1865 (36 page)

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Authors: Midori Takagi

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1840
298
30
2,892
69
1.0
1860
85
34.0
1,098
81.0
1.0
Source:
U.S. Census, Population, 1840; Slave Schedule, Richmond, 1860.
a
The 1860 figures are based on a sample of 250 slaveholding households.
 
Page 88
Table 17. Age and gender distribution of slave community, 1840 and 1860, in percentages
1840
1860
Age
Male
Female
Male
Female
010
17
20
5
22
1024
33
34
44
26
2436
30
20
32
17
3655
16
19
12
24
55100
3
6
3
10

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