30 during the
last three years, 1857, 1858,
States there were
9560
and 1859.
in the Slave States,
In the Free
1449— making
a
8111 in favor of Freedom. The number in Free Massachusetts was 972 in Slave South-Carolina, 39. The number in Free Connecticut, small in territory and population, was 628; in Slave "Virginia, large in territory and population, 184. difference of
From in the
all
these things
Slave States
but
we might this
infer the ignorance prevalent
shows
itself in specific results
of a
deplorable character, authenticated by the official census. It appears that in the Slave States there were 493,026 native white
persons over twenty years of age who can not read and write, while in the Free States, with double the white population, there were but 248,725 native whites over twenty years of age
unhappy predicament. In the Slave States the proporwas 1 to 12 in the Free States it was 1 to 53. The num-
in this tion
ber in Free Massachusetts, with a population of nearly a million the number in Slave South-Carolina, was 1005, or 1 in 517 with a population under three hundred thousand, was 15,580,
or 1 in
7.
The number
in Free Connecticut
was
1 in
277
in
Slave Virginia, 1 in 5 in Free New-Hampshire, 1 in 201, and in Slave North-Carolina, 1 in 3. Before closing this picture of Slavery, where the dismal colors all come from official figures, there are two other aspects in
for a moment it may be regarded The first is the influence which it has on emigration. It is stated in the official compendium of the census, (page 115,) that
which 1.
those persons living in Slave States
who
are natives of Free
States are more numerous than those living in Free States who This is an egregious error. Just are natives of Slaves States.
The census of 1850 found 609,371 in the in the Slave States, while onlv 206,born were Free States who were in the Slave States. And States Free the in 638 born of the Free States is double that population white since the
the contrary
is true.
of the Slave States,
it
appears that the proportion of whites
moving from Slavery is six times greater than that of whites moving into Slavery. In this simple fact is disclosed something of the aversion to Slavery which is aroused even in the Slave States. 2. The second aspect is furnished by the character of the region on the border-line between Freedom and Slavery. In gen-
