TABLE 1
POPULATION OF SUMTER DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1790–1860
SOURCE: Ninth Census, The Statistics of the Poplation of the United States (Washington, 1872),60–61
TABLE 2
SLAVES OF WILLIAM ELLISON, 1820–1860
SOURCE: Manuscript Census Schedulers, Sumter District, South Carolina, 1820–1860.
TABLE 3
POPULATION OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1790–1860
* The boundaries of the city were extended in 1848 to include population on Charleston Neck.
TABLE 4
MONTHLY ARRESTS IN CHARLESTON, 1858–1861
SOURCE: Monthly Report of the Chief of Police to the mayor of Charleston, in Proceedings of the City Council printed in the Charleston Courier toward the end of the month following the month summarized in the report.
TABLE 5
OCCUPATIONS OF FREE NEGRO MEN IN CHARLESTON, 1850 AND 1860
SOURCES: 1850 and 1860 Population Schedules, Charleston, South Carolina.
TABLE 6
FREE NEGRO REAL ESTATE OWNERS IN CHARLESTON, 1860
SOURCE: List of the Taxpayers of Charleston, 1860 (Charleston, S.C., 1861), 315–34.
TABLE 7
FREE NEGRO SLAVEOWNERS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1860
SOURCE: List of the Taxpayers of Charleston, 1860 (Charleston, S.C., 1861), 315–34.
TABLE 8
CHARLESTON FREE NEGROES SUBJECT TO CAPITATION TAXES, 1858–1862
SOURCE: Reports of City Revenues published annually in Charleston Courier, except 1860, 1861; Charleston Free Negro Tax Book, 1862, CLS
TABLE 9
CHARLESTON FREE NEGROES WHO PAID MUNICIPAL TAXES, 1860
Note that this table includes all individuals who paid municipal taxes, even if they did not pay tax on real estate.
SOURCE: List of the Taxpayers of Charleston, 1860 (Charleston, S.C., 1861), 315–34; 1862 Charleston Free Negro Tax Book, CLS.
TABLE 10
OCCUPATIONS OF CHARLESTON FREE NEGROES, 1860 AND 1862
SOURCE: 1860 Population Schedules, Charleston, South Carolina; 1862 Charleston Free Negro Tax Book, CLS.