History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2: With Notices of Its Principle FramersCurtis, George Ticknor
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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2: With Notices of Its Principle Framers
Curtis, George Ticknor
Constitutional history -- United States
+----------------+-----------+---------------+---------+-----------+
| | Whites. | Free Colored. | Slaves. | Total. |
| +-----------+---------------+---------+-----------+
|New Hampshire, | 141,111 | 630 | 158 | 141,899 |
|Massachusetts, | 373,254 | 5,463 | ..... | 378,717 |
|Rhode Island, | 64,689 | 3,469 | 952 | 69,110 |
|Connecticut, | 232,581 | 2,801 | 2,759 | 238,141 |
|New York, | 314,142 | 4,654 | 21,324 | 340,120 |
|New Jersey, | 169,954 | 2,762 | 11,423 | 184,139 |
|Pennsylvania, | 424,099 | 6,537 | 3,737 | 434,373 |
|Delaware, | 46,310 | 3,899 | 8,887 | 59,096 |
|Maryland, | 208,649 | 8,043 | 103,036 | 319,728 |
|Virginia, | 442,115 | 12,765 | 293,427 | 748,307 |
|North Carolina, | 288,204 | 4,975 | 100,572 | 393,751 |
|South Carolina, | 140,178 | 1,801 | 107,094 | 249,073 |
|Georgia, | 52,886 | 398 | 29,264 | 82,548 |
| +-----------+---------------+---------+-----------+
| Aggregate, | 2,898,172 | 58,197 | 682,633 | 3,639,002 |
+----------------+-----------+---------------+---------+-----------+
Total population of the eight States in 1790, in which slavery had
been or has since been abolished, 1,845,595.
Total population of the five States in 1790, in which slavery existed,
and still exists, 1,793,407.
FOOTNOTES:
[10] Edmund Randolph. See _ante_, Vol. I. p. 480.
[11] Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, _ay_, 6; Connecticut, _no_, 1; New York divided
(Colonel Hamilton _ay_, Mr. Yates _no_). Madison, Elliot, V. 132, 134.
[12] Madison, Elliot, V. 134, 135.
[13] Ibid. 135. The vote of Pennsylvania, in compliance with the
wishes of Dr. Franklin, was given for a single house.
[14] Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, _ay_, 6; New Jersey, South Carolina, _no_, 2; Connecticut and
Delaware divided.
[15] See Mr. Sherman's remarks, made in committee, June 6; Madison,
Elliot, V. 161.
[16] See Mr. Madison's views, as stated in his debates, Elliot, V.
161.
[17] Connecticut, New Jersey, South Carolina, _ay_, 3; Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, _no_, 8.
[18] Mr. Wilson was in favor of this plan, and Mr. Madison seems to
have favored it.
[19] Madison, Elliot, V. 170.
[20] _Ante_, Vol. I. Book I. ch. I. pp. 15-17.
[21] Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, _ay,_ 7; New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, _no_, 3; Maryland, divided.
[22] They contained 1,793,407 inhabitants; the other eight States had
1,845,595 when the federal census of 1790 was taken.
[23] See the census of 1790, _post_, p. 55.
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