Slavery Statistics

Agriculture Birth/Deaths Education Manufacturing
Population Race/Foreign Birth Religion

1850

Total slaves                         58,161
   Most                                     6,213
   Harrison County
   Fewest                                         1
   Cooke County
   Male                                 28,700
   Female                                29,461

Births 1,429
Deaths 877

The 1850 Census does not provide information on slaveholders

1860

Total slaves                       182,566
   Most                                    8,784
   Harrison County
   Fewest                                       0
   Several counties reported none
   Male                                  91,189
   Female                              91,377

The 1850 Census does not provide information on slave births or deaths.

Total slaveholders             21,878
   Most                                     734
   Rusk County
   Fewest                                       0
   Several counties reported none

Slave Population Density 1850

The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Most slaves were between the ages of 1 and 39, with the majority between the ages of 20 and 29.

Slave Population Density 1860

The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Most slaves were between the ages of 1 and 39, with the majority between the ages of 20 and 29.

Slaveholder Density 1860

The darker colors represent a higher density of population

Most slave holders held between 1 and 14 slaves, with the majority holding 1. No slaveholder held more than 299 slaves.