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Civil
War Statistics:Slaves
as a Percentage of the U.S.
Population(1800-1860) The
chart below shows the numbers of Americans
in each census year from 1800 to 1860,
along with the total population of
enslaved African-Americans in the United
States (and in the Confederacy). The last
column shows the what percentage of the
total U.S. population were enslaved. By
the time of the next census, in 1870,
slavery had been ended.
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American Slave with Scars from
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on American Slavery
Slave
Rebellions in U.S. History
Slaves
as a Percentage of the U.S.
Population
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