Black Demographic Data 1790 1860

Download or read book Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860 written by Clayton E. Cramer and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1997-03-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent resource on the changing population distribution of antebellum Black Americans, this book covers census data by region and state. Two-thirds of the book consists of tables and graphs providing dimensional representations of black populations, both free and slave, in pre-Civil War America. The book opens with a discussion of the limitations of the census data, then goes on to provide an overview of the progress of manumission, abolition, and restrictions on black migration. The book also examines the 1840 census controversy. It will be a particularly useful resource for scholars concerned with changes in the black population.