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tions on a former census had given reason to believe 

 tliat tlie numbers above and below 16 years of age were 

 equal. The double of this numlwr, therefore to wit, 

 47,532 must be added to 211,698, which will give us 

 259,230 slaves of all ages and sexes. To find the num- 

 ber of free inhabitants, we must repeat the observation, 

 that those above and below 16 are nearly equal. But 

 as the number 53,289 omits the males below 16 and 21 

 we must supply them from conjecture. On a former 

 experiment it had appeared that about one third of our 

 militia, that is, of the males between 16 and 50, were 

 unmarried. Knowing how early marriage takes place 

 here, we shall not be far wrong in supposing that the 

 unmarried part of our militia are those between 16 and 

 21. If there be young men who do not marry till after 

 21, there are many who marry before that age. But as 

 the men above 50 were not included in the militia, we 

 will suppose the unmarried, or those between 16 and 

 21, to be one-fourth of the whole number above 16, 

 then we have the following calculation: 



53,289 free males above 21 years of age. 

 17,763 free males between 16 and 21. 

 71,052 free males under 16. 

 142,104 free males of all ages. 



284,208 free inhabitants of all ages. 

 259,230 slaves of all ages. 



543,438 inhabitants, exclusive of the eight counties 

 from which were no returns. In these eight counties 

 in the years 1779 and 1780, were 3,161 militia. Say 

 then, 



3,161 free males above the age of 16. 



3,161 ditto under 16. 



6,322 free females. 



12,644 free inhabitants in these eight counties. To 

 find the number of slaves, say, as 284,208 to 259,230, so 



