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PRESENT AND FUTUEE OF AMEEICA. 



expense a slave is to his master. Taking the value of 

 the grain, the animal diet, &c., which he consumes, and 

 his clothing, to be 50 cents a week (which I believe is a 

 very moderate calculation),* then as all slaves cannot 

 work from their birth to the age of 90, there consequently 

 must be a support allowed for the two terms of his exist- 

 ence viz., childhood and old age, for sickness, and for 

 one day in every seven ; for insurance of life, for taxes, 

 and all the risks that is liable to be encountered by his 

 absconding, &c., and for expenses of superintendence. 



From the " Census of Charleston " (printed in 1849), 

 an interesting and valuable work, I have taken the fol- 

 lowing : 



The number of slaves out of 100 who have died during the fol- 

 lowing periods are, viz. : 



Died by. 



Oi every 100 born, there died before 1 year 21.64 21.64 



Which, calculated as in table, will show that of the above 



* I have seen in the Patent Office a report, that the supplies for a 

 slave in Mississippi is 26 dollars yearly, not including grain and 

 vegetables. 



