SLAVE LABOR. 



TABLE C. SLAVE LABOR. 



Of one hundred negro children born, there die, say under 



1 year, ..... 21-64 



5 " ..... 16-78 



10 " ..... 3-79 



20 " ..... 7-52 



30 u ----- 9-13 



40 " - - 7-94 



50 u ----- 8-43 



60 " ..... 6-85 



70 ----- 6-20 



80 " ..... 4-81 



90 " - - 4-32 



100 " - 1-76 



upwards of 100, 70* 



Say 21-64 of the infants who died before one year, lived on an 

 average three months, and had" to be supported for that three 

 months ; and as many mothers were also taken away from labor 

 at least for three months prior to and after confinement. 



Therefore, say one hundred rnothers were taken away from 

 manual labor for three mouths, that would average for one year 

 twenty-five persons, and 21-64 children for three months, for a 

 year, 5-41. Therefore, 



Mothers who did not work and were supported one year, 25 



21-64 infants died before one year, - - 5'41 



16-78 children died before five years, - 83-90 



3 -79 children died before ten years, - 37-90 



57-79 survived ten years and did not work, - - 577 80 

 7-52 young people died before twenty, averaging, say 



five years from the ten years already calculated, 37-60 

 50'26 survived twenty years, and were supported an 



additional ten years, - ... 502-60 



* From the Census of Charleston. 



