Enslaved population: about 700,000 in 1790 to about 4 million in 1860; after the 1808 import ban growth was by birth; the vast majority American-born by 1860; about 1…
Year: 1790
SUMMARYEnslaved population: about 700,000 in 1790 to about 4 million in 1860; after the 1808 import ban growth was by birth; the vast majority American-born by 1860; about 1 million moved inland by the domestic slave trade 1790-1860. Record.