Statistics on Slavery in New Jersey

1) Percentages of African-American population enslaved in New Jersey, 1790 - 1870      

(grouped by north/south region)

	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870
Southern counties	36.73	17.60	8.51	4.21	0.62	0.03	0.01	0	0
Northern counties	89.08	85.46	70.93	46.98	14.61	4.39	1.54	0.12	0

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2) Percentages of African-American population enslaved in New Jersey, 1790 - 1870

grouped by county and north/south region

	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870
Atlantic						0	0.46	0	0
Burlington	27.52	19.62	8.95	6.11	1.67	0.06	0	0	0
Camden							0	0	0
Cape May	90.97	55.06	42.19	12.02	1.32	0	0	0	0
Cumberland	46.51	21.68	8.53	2.89	0.25	0	0	0	0
Gloucester	35.83	8.63	7.71	3.54	0.26	0	0	0	0
Ocean							0	0	0
Salem	31.5	12.28	2.72	1.48	0.07	0.06	0	0	0
Southern counties	36.73	17.60	8.51	4.21	0.62	0.03	0.01	0	0
Bergen	92.30	93.33	73.52	61.38	23.57	12.68	2.46	0	0
Essex	87.98	88.48	59.83	32.16	10.11	1.04	0.26	0	0
Hudson						3.33	0.60	0	0
Hunterdon	87.2	70.11	61.96	29.92	8.86	4.31	1.10	0.50	0
Mercer						0.94	0.29	0	0
Middlesex	90.40	85.6	66.12	49.49	14.53	1.79	0.8	0.08	0
Monmouth	81.89	77.72	70.41	55.96	9.87	3.75	3.13	0	0
Morris	92.98	88.57	80.75	58.98	17.06	3.90	1.85	0.15	0
Passaic						10.86	4.8	0.36	0
Somerset	92.49	91.41	86.16	43	19.42	5.98	1.78	0.56	0
Sussex	87.10	83.44	63.99	44.42	11.28	3.54	0.29	0	0
Union								0.12	0
Warren					10.02	1.73	0.52	0	0
Northern counties	89.08	85.46	70.93	46.98	14.61	4.39	1.54	0.12	0
New Jersey	80.53	73.83	58.07	37.75	10.96	3.10	0.98	0.07	0

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3) Percentages of New Jersey's total African-American population living in each region, 1790 - 1870

grouped by north/south region

	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870
Southern Counties	16.3	17.1	20.6	21.6	26.1	29.5	36.5	38.9	43.0
Northern Counties	83.7	82.9	79.4	78.4	73.9	70.5	63.5	61.1	57.0

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4) Percentages of New Jersey's enslaved persons living in each region, 1790 - 1870

grouped by north/south region

	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870
Southern Counties	7.4	4.1	3.0	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	N/A
Northern Counties	92.6	95.9	97.0	97.6	98.5	99.7	99.6	100.0	N/A

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5) Percent of total population that was African-American, 1790 - 1870

grouped by north/south region

	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870
Southern Counties	4.4	4.7	5.2	5.2	5.8	6.2	6.0	5.5	6.1
Northern Counties	9.0	9.3	8.6	8.1	6.7	5.7	4.4	3.1	2.5
Total NJ	7.7	8.0	7.6	7.2	6.4	5.8	4.9	3.8	3.4

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6) Raw numbers of African-American population in New Jersey and numbers enslaved, 1790 - 1870

grouped by county and north/south region

	1790		1800		1810		1820		1830		1840		1850		1860		1870
	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves
Atlantic											234	0	218	1	194	0	184	0
Burlington	825	227	958	188	1039	93	1343	82	1378	23	1644	1	2109	0	2224	0	2540	0
Camden													2230	0	2574	0	4430	0
Cape May	155	141	178	98	192	81	233	28	228	3	198	0	247	0	273	0	427	0
Cumberland	258	120	346	75	598	51	623	18	788	2	896	0	1130	0	1295	0	1767	0
Gloucester	533	191	707	61	960	74	1103	39	1553	4	1631	0	620	0	707	0	973	0
Ocean													140	0	124	0	117	0
Salem	546	172	692	85	1066	29	1016	15	1412	1	1797	1	2075	0	2462	0	2737	0
Southern counties	2317	851	2881	507	3855	328	4318	182	5359	33	6400	2	8769	1	9853	0	13175	0
	1790		1800		1810		1820		1830		1840		1850		1860		1870
	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves	total	slaves
Bergen	2493	2301	3027	2825	2965	2180	2742	1683	2478	584	1751	222	1665	41	1663	0	1632	0
Essex	1331	1171	1719	1521	1887	1129	2049	659	2157	218	1928	20	2334	6	1757	0	2539	0
Hudson											330	11	503	3	653	0	1050	0
Hunterdon	1492	1301	1740	1220	1806	1119	2059	616	1942	172	813	35	817	9	800	4	634	0
Mercer											2341	22	2042	6	2225	0	2368	0
Middlesex	1458	1318	1827	1564	1963	1298	2045	1012	2127	309	1563	28	1380	11	1308	1	1545	0
Monmouth	1949	1596	2101	1633	2136	1504	2230	1248	2299	227	2265	85	2398	75	2658	0	2910	0
Morris	684	636	875	775	1060	856	1114	657	967	165	948	37	1027	19	687	1	733	0
Passaic											792	86	646	31	559	2	675	0
Somerset	1957	1810	2038	1863	2284	1968	2609	1122	2307	448	1757	105	1742	31	1597	9	1524	0
Sussex	504	439	616	514	747	478	851	378	452	51	367	13	341	1	324	0	196	0
Union															865	1	1296	0
Warren									469	47	463	8	382	2	387	0	381	0
Northern counties	11868	10572	13943	11915	14848	10532	15699	7375	15198	2221	15318	672	15277	235	15483	18	17483	0
New Jersey	14185	11423	16824	12422	18703	10860	20017	7557	20557	2254	21718	674	24046	236	25336	18	30658	0