Abolitionists Statistics

Abolitionists Statistics

By the Numbers

Number of Local Antislavery Societies in the U.S.

  • 1833: 4
  • 1834: 47
  • 1838: 1,300
  • Incidents of anti-abolitionist mob violence in northern cities between 1833 and 1838: 165

Estimated Total U.S. Cotton Production

  • 1814: 150,000 bales
  • 1860: 4 million bales

Free and Enslaved Black Population 1830 – 1860

Free Black PopulationEnslaved Black Population
1830319,59918302,009,043
1840386,29318402,873,648
1850434,49518503,204,313
1860488,07018603,953,760
  

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