in the United States in Fifty Years. 



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In 1790, the whole coloured population was 

 Increase in 10 years, 32.2 pec cent 



In 1800, 



Increase in 10 years, 32.2 per cent 



In 1810, ..... 



Increase in 10 years, 32.2 per cent 



In 1820, ...... 



Increase in 10 years, 32.2 per cent 



In 1830, 



Increase in 10 years, 32.2 per cent 



In 1840, 



757,363 

 244,073 



1,001,436 

 322,462 



1,323,898 

 426,295 



1,750,193 

 563,562 



2,313,755 

 745,029 



3,058,784 



Which shows an increase, in the same period, in the proportion 

 of 100 to 403.9 per cent, or three and a half per cent more than 

 that of the white population. 



It may seem improbable, at the first view, that the natural 

 increase of the white population was greater than that of the 

 coloured in the two first decennial terms, as we have supposed it ; 

 and altogether inconsistent with that greater exemption from all 

 the ordinary restraints on marriage, which keeps the increase of 

 this race nearly uniform. It has been already stated, that the 

 difference between them in 1800 and 1810, may have been over- 

 rated, and that we should, perhaps, be nearer the truth, to lower the 

 increase of the whites by a higher estimate of the immigration, and 

 to make a small addition to the increase of the coloured population 

 in the first decennial terms. But we must not allow too much to 

 the considerations that have been mentioned ; for it must be re- 

 membered that, in the first decennial terms, most of the slaves lived 

 in the more insalubrious portions of the southern States, whilst most 

 of the whites occupied much more healthy regions. Besides, if a 

 greater proportion of the coloured females are mothers, and mothers 

 at an earlier age, they probably do not rear such large families, 

 and a greater number of their offspring die from disease and neglect. 

 It is known that, while the slaves have a greater proportion of 



