And black slave owners then, too.
There were approximately 319,599 free blacks in the United States in 1830. Approximately 13.7 per cent of the total black population was free. A significant number of these free blacks were the owners of slaves. The census of 1830 lists 3,775 free Negroes who owned a total of 12,760 slaves.
The percentage of blacks in the USA that owned slaves: 1.18%
The percentage of whites in the USA that owned slaves: 1.26%