it  has  on  the  social  condition  of  the  black  race.  And
here  one  great  fact  stares  us  in  the  face,  and  that  is :  Amalga-
mation breeds  freedom.  It  is  as  if  the  drop  of  blood
from  the  ruling  Caucasian,  in  the  veins  of  the  mongrel  off-
spring, would  never  rest  until  the  creature  is  as  free  as  the
creator.  Let  us  see  the  general  statistics  referring  to  this
matter  !

There  were,  in  1775,  about  479,000  slaves  in  this  coun-
try. We  were  not  able  to  find  anywhere  how  many  of
them  were  Mulattoes.  Still,  according  to  the  statistics  of
other  years,  they  must  have  been  proportionately  but  a
small  number.
Things  have  greatly  changed  since  1775.  The  Xegroes
must  have  freely  mixed  with  the  white  population.
NUMBER    OF    BLACKS    AXD    MULATTOES.
Tear.  Blacks.  Mulattoes.  Total.
1850.' ........  3,233,000  ..........  405,700  '.'.'.'.'....  3,638',700

There  were,  thus,  about  as  many  Mulattoes  in  1850  as
there  were  slaves  in  1775  ;  and  eleven  per  cent,  of  the  col-
ored population  have  a  tincture  of  white  blood,

NUMBER    OF   FREE   BLACKS    AND    FEEE    MULATTOES. 1850.
Total.  Slaves.  „J™e-n

Blacks 3,233,000  2,957,000  2,o,400

Mulattoes  ....      405,700  216.600  159,100

As,  in  the  North,  both  Blacks  and  Mulattoes  are  free,
we  add  a  table  of  the  Slave  States  only.
TABLE   XXV.  —  PTXJMBEE    OF    FREE    BLACKS  AM)  FEEE  MULAT-

TOES    IN    THE    SLAVE    STATES. — 1850.
THE    BORDEB    STATES.
States  Total  Blacks.       Free  Blacks.     Total  Mulattoes.  F.  Mulattoes.
Delaware   18.000 16,400 1,700 1,000

Maryland 143,800 61.100 21,500 13,600

Virginia             447,000 ls.sOO 79.700 13,400

Kentucky 188,600 7,300 32,300 2,000

Missouri: 75,800 1,600 11,100 931


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THE    CAKOLIXAS    AND    THE    EASTERN    CELF   STATES.
States.  Total  Blacks.        Free  Blacks.     Total  Mulattoes.    F.  Mulattoes.
