of the United States and Territories of North America. 65 
These interesting results will he more clearly perceived in the 
following Table : 
Class of Persons. 
Under 
20. 
Of 26, 
and un- 
der 45. j 
/ Of 45, 
! and 
i upwards. 
Males, Free, 
354 
100 
65 | 
Males, Slaves, 
334 
100 
47 I 
Females, Free, 
362 
100 
63 | 
Females, Slaves, 
345 
100 
46 J 
These numerical results clearly prove the baneful effects of 
hard labour and coercion on the unfortunate slaves ; and is most 
manifest in the class of 45 and upwards, the representative num- 
bers for the male and female slaves being so very much below 
the corresponding numbers for the free population. If we ad- 
mit, however, for a moment, that the relation of the representa- 
tive numbers of the male and female slaves, to the correspond- 
ing numbers of the free white population, be such as the law's 
of nature allow ; and that slavery exerts no improper influence 
on the condition of man, then ought the representative numbers 
belonging to the classes under 26, and of 45 and upwards, in 
the free persons and slaves, to bear some analogy to each other. 
This, unfortunately for the interests of humanity, is not the 
case ; for if we take the males of the classes here alluded to, we 
shall find, that if the slaves of 45 and upwards bore the same 
relation to the free males of that age, as the slaves under 26 do 
to the free males of the same class ; then, instead of there being 
only 47 for the representative number of the oldest class of 
slaves, there should have been 61 ; and if a similar comparison 
be made for the females, we shall find, that, instead of the re- 
presentative number for the oldest class being 45, it should 
have been 60, Hence it appears there is a deficiency of no 
less than 14 persons of each sex, in relation to the assumed 
number for the class of 26 and under 45, occasioned , it may be 
fairly said , by the hard labour , and the many miseries necessa- 
rily attendant on slavery. This is a point of view, however, 
much too favourable, for, considering the subject, no other rea- 
son can be assigned, why the representative numbers for the 
slaves under 26 are also below the corresponding numbers for 
the free persons, but that the effects of slavery have made them 
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