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US Population, 1860: 31,443,321.

US Slave Population, 1860: 3,953,761

Total US Slaveholders, 1860: 393,975

What percent of the total US population were slaves in 1860?

What percent of the total US population were slaveholders in 1860?

Mississippi Population: 1860

791,303

Mississippi White Population: 353,899

Mississippi Black Population: 437,404

Mississippi Slave Population: 436,631

Mississippi Slaveholder Population: 30,943

Mississippi Free Black Population: 773

What percent of Mississippi’s 1860 population was White?

What percent of Mississippi’s 1860 population was Black?

What percent of Mississippi’s Black population were slaves?

What Percent of Mississippi’s TOTAL FREE Population were slaveholders?

Lowndes County, Mississippi Population: 1860

Total: 23,625

Lowndes County Total White Population: 6,891

Lowndes County Total Slaveholder Population: 1.006

Lowndes County Total Black Population: 16,734

Lowndes County Total Slave Population: 16,730

Lowndes County Total Free Black Population: 4

What percent of Lowndes County’s 1860 population was White?

What percent of Lowndes County’s 1860 population was Black?

What percent of Lowndes County’s Black population were slaves?

What percent of Lowndes County’s TOTAL FREE population were slaveholders?

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