Slavery was dying around the edges. But not in the 15 States were slavery was legal. The 1850 census records 3.2 million slaves in 15 out of 31 state. The 1860 census records 3.9 million slaves in 15 out of 34 states. The slave population was growing, not dwindling in the states were slavery was legal.
Slavery was dying around the edges. But not in the 15 States were slavery was legal. The 1850 census records 3.2 million slaves in 15 out of 31 state. The 1860 census records 3.9 million slaves in 15 out of 34 states. The slave population was growing, not dwindling in the states were slavery was legal.
False - as usual with you. The slave population was growing. The percentage of total free families owning slaves in the Upper South had declined. The percentage of the black population which were freedmen was climbing steadily. This is the same process that happened elsewhere as industrialization took hold.