FREE COLORED AND SLAVE POPULATION, OF THE STATES NAMED, IN THE PERIODS OF TEN YEARS, FROM 1790 TO 1850, WITH THE RATIO OF INCREASE OR DECREASE PER CENT. PER ANNUM, OF THE FORMER.

STATES AND CLASSES.	1790.	1800.	1810.	1820.	1830.	1840.	1850.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Free Colored	6,537	14,561	22,492	30,202	37,930	47,854	53,626
Increase per cent. per annum	......	12.27	5.44	3.42	2.55	2.61	1.20
Slaves	3,737	1,706	795	211	403	64	......
MASSACHUSETTS.
Free Colored	5,463	6,452	6,737	6,740	7,048	8,669	9,064
Increase per cent. per annum	......	1.81	.44	.004	.45	2.29	.45
Slaves	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
NEW YORK.
Free Colored	4,654	10,374	25,333	29,279	44,870	50,027	49,069
Increase or decrease per cent. per annum	......	12.29	14.41	1.55	5.32	1.14	[132].19
Slaves	21,324	20,343	15,017	10,088	75	4	......
NEW JERSEY.
Free Colored	2,762	4,402	7,843	12,460	18,303	21,044	23,810
Increase per cent. per annum	......	5.93	7.81	5.88	4.68	1.49	1.31
Slaves	11,423	12,422	10,851	7,557	2,254	674	236
RHODE ISLAND.
Free Colored	3,469	3,304	3,609	3,554	3,561	3,238	3,670
Increase or decrease per cent. per annum	......	[132].47	.92	[132].15	.01	[132]90	1.33
Slaves	952	381	108	48	17	5	......
VERMONT.
Free Colored	225	557	750	903	881	730	718
Increase or decrease per cent. per annum	......	11.84	3.46	2.04	[132].24	[132]1.71	[132]16
Slaves	17	......	......	......	......	......	......
MAINE.
Free Colored	538	818	969	929	1,190	1,355	1,356
Increase or decrease per cent. per annum	......	5.20	1.84	[132].41	2.80	1.38	.007
Slaves	......	......	......	......	2	......	......
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Free Colored	630	856	970	786	604	537	520
Increase or decrease per cent. per annum	......	3.58	1.33	[132]1.89	[132]2.31	[132]1.10	[132].31
Slaves	158	8	......	......	3	1	......
CONNECTICUT.
Free Colored	2,801	5,330	6,453	7,844	8,047	8,105	7,693
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