Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860: A Sourcebook

by Clayton E. Cramer

An excellent resource on the changing population distribution of antebellum Black Americans, this book covers census data by region and state. Two-thirds of the book consists of tables and graphs providing dimensional representations of black populations, both free and slave, in pre-Civil War America. The book opens with a discussion of the limitations of the census data, then goes on to provide an overview of the progress of manumission, abolition,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031330243X
• ISBN13: 9780313302435
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"