SLAVE LABOR. XI 



7-94 died before forty, averaging, say five years work 



each, - - 39-70 



33-19 survived forty, and labored for an additional ten 



years, - - 331-90 



8-43 died before fifty, averaging, say five years work 



each, - - 42 15 



24-76 survived fifty, and labored for an additional ten 



years, - 247 60 



6 85 died before sixty, averaging, say five years labor, 34 25 

 17-91 survived sixty, and labored for an additional ten 



years, --_____- 179-10 



Total number of years labor performed by the one 



hundred infants, - - - 1876-85 



From which deduct one-seventh for Sundays, - - 268-12 



Deduct one-tenth for sickness, 187-68 



Total years labor, -1421-05 



Number of years support of the one hundred, through 

 out their term of life, from birth till the last drop 

 ped into the grave, - 2865*02 



Number of years labor performed by the one hundred 



infants, 1421-05 



Number of days supported. 1,045,732 



Number of days worked, 518,683 



Or as one, to two, nearly, of days worked to days supported. 



Therefore, as one slave costs fifty cents per week, two 



will cost, $1 00 



Life insurance, say $400 each at say three per cent. 



per annum, -------_ 23 



Medical charges per week, say, ----- 7 



Total per week, say, $1 30 



Or for six working days, twenty-one cents and two-thirds per 

 diem. 



